Martin Luther King Jr. Movies

  • 2008
    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

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    On April 5, 1968, soul legend James Brown performed a concert in Boston that many say shielded that city from the kinds of devastating riots that...

    James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
  • 1979
    The War at Home

    The War at Home

    The War at Home

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    Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and...

    The War at Home
  • 2012
    The House I Live In

    The House I Live In

    The House I Live In

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    In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished...

    The House I Live In
  • 2006
    Bobby

    Bobby

    Bobby

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    In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's...

    Bobby
  • 2020
    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

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    The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social...

    John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • 2010
    2012: Time for Change

    2012: Time for Change

    2012: Time for Change

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    2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This...

    2012: Time for Change
  • 2012
    Ethel

    Ethel

    Ethel

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    Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.

    Ethel
  • 2018
    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond

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    The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F....

    1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
  • 2018
    The Corporate Coup D'État

    The Corporate Coup D'État

    The Corporate Coup D'État

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    A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigation blends the...

    The Corporate Coup D'État
  • 2016
    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes

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    Historian Andrew Cohen discusses Robert Drew's 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.

    Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
  • 2017
    Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

    Chasing Trane

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    An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose...

    Chasing Trane
  • 2022
    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!

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    Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s...

    Say Hey, Willie Mays!
  • 2019
    England 79

    England 79

    England 79

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    "England 79" - 17 scenes from Great Britain the winter of discontent, 1979.

    England 79
  • 2014
    Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

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    In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created...

    Freedom Summer
  • 2018
    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

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    A documentary profile of 3-time Pulitzer winning author Robert Penn Warren, featuring Harold Bloom, David Blight, Natasha Trethewey, David Milch,...

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
  • 2021
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

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    During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • 2015
    Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

    Klansville U.S.A.

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    Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the...

    Klansville U.S.A.
  • 2019
    Geek, and You Shall Find

    Geek, and You Shall Find

    Geek, and You Shall Find

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    After attending a local comic book convention, three filmmakers are so moved by the stories shared with them by cosplayers that they decide to...

    Geek, and You Shall Find
  • 2023
    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight

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    "Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight" covers renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward...

    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
  • 2019
    Hesburgh

    Hesburgh

    Hesburgh

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    He counseled presidents and popes, served on corporate boards and infuriated Richard Nixon. He was one of the only friends to whom Ann Landers...

    Hesburgh