Click here to watch a recording of our filmmaker Q+A with dir. Sam Pollard, moderated by Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau.
Recording also includes Opening Night remarks featuring actress and Cinematters ambassador Mayim Bialik and more.
MLK/FBI is available on VOD across platforms here.
This rich archival tapestry follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he is investigated and harassed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. MLK/FBI performs the vital task of examining J. Edgar Hoover’s relentless campaign of surveillance and harassment against Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, when Dr. King is celebrated across political spectrums as a moral hero, it’s jolting to confront the years when US agents targeted him as a villain. Inspired by the work of historian David Garrow, the film uses recently declassified files to study the FBI’s motives and methods.
- Year2020
- Runtime104 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSam Pollard
- ScreenwriterBenjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli
- ProducerBenjamin Hedin
- Executive ProducerDavid Friend, Charlotte Cook, Jeffrey Lurie, Marie Therese Guirgis, Kate Hurwitz, Dana O'Keefe, Steven Farneth
- CinematographerRobert Chappell
- EditorLaura Tomaselli
- Production DesignDedalus Wainwright
Click here to watch a recording of our filmmaker Q+A with dir. Sam Pollard, moderated by Kyle Bowser, Senior Vice President of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau.
Recording also includes Opening Night remarks featuring actress and Cinematters ambassador Mayim Bialik and more.
MLK/FBI is available on VOD across platforms here.
This rich archival tapestry follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he is investigated and harassed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. MLK/FBI performs the vital task of examining J. Edgar Hoover’s relentless campaign of surveillance and harassment against Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, when Dr. King is celebrated across political spectrums as a moral hero, it’s jolting to confront the years when US agents targeted him as a villain. Inspired by the work of historian David Garrow, the film uses recently declassified files to study the FBI’s motives and methods.
- Year2020
- Runtime104 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSam Pollard
- ScreenwriterBenjamin Hedin, Laura Tomaselli
- ProducerBenjamin Hedin
- Executive ProducerDavid Friend, Charlotte Cook, Jeffrey Lurie, Marie Therese Guirgis, Kate Hurwitz, Dana O'Keefe, Steven Farneth
- CinematographerRobert Chappell
- EditorLaura Tomaselli
- Production DesignDedalus Wainwright