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MLK/FBI. TRAILER. NEW. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered today as an American hero: a bridge-builder, a shrewd political tactician, and a moral leader. Yet throughout his...
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King's tortured relationship with the FBI is the subject of the new documentary MLK/FBI. Directed by Sam Pollard, it offers a comprehensive overview of how the FBI targeted King during his...
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 99% based on 124 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "MLK/FBI presents a sobering overview of the American intelligence community's efforts to discredit and destroy a leader of the civil rights movement."
Jan 15, 2021 · In Sam Pollard’s superb, infuriating documentary, “MLK/FBI,” Andrew Young quotes comedian and activist Dick Gregory: “If you’re Black and not slightly paranoid, you’re sick.” It’s a fitting line for a film about J. Edgar Hoover’s widespread surveillance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1963 to April 4, 1968.
Jan 14, 2021 · ‘MLK/FBI’ Review: King, Hoover and the Tale of the Tape. Sam Pollard’s fascinating documentary chronicles the F.B.I. director’s obsession with the private life and political...
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MLK/FBI: Directed by Sam Pollard. With Martin Luther King, J. Edgar Hoover, David Garrow, Clarence B. Jones. Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sep 19, 2020 · Sam Pollard's film doesn't attempt to come to terms with the great Civil Rights leader's private life, but it vividly captures how the FBI used it to try to destroy him.
