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MLK/FBI

  • 20202020
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 44m
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7.0/10
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MLK/FBI (2020)
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Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
IMDb RATING
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1.6K
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    • Sam Pollard
    • David J. Carrow(based upon the book by)
    • Benjamin Hedin
    • Laura Tomaselli
  • Stars
    • Martin Luther King(archive footage)
    • J. Edgar Hoover(archive footage)
    • David Garrow
    • Sam Pollard
    • David J. Carrow(based upon the book by)
    • Benjamin Hedin
    • Laura Tomaselli
  • Stars
    • Martin Luther King(archive footage)
    • J. Edgar Hoover(archive footage)
    • David Garrow
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    • 21User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
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    Martin Luther King
    Martin Luther King
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    J. Edgar Hoover
    J. Edgar Hoover
    • Self - FBI Director
    • (archive footage)
    David Garrow
    David Garrow
    • Self - Author, Bearing the Cross
    • (as David J. Garrow)
    Clarence B. Jones
    Clarence B. Jones
    • Self - Attorney, Speechwriter for Martin Luther King, Jr
    • (as Clarence Jones)
    Charles Knox
    Charles Knox
    • Self - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Retired…
    Donna Murch
    Donna Murch
    • Self - Rutgers University, Author, Living in the City: Migration, Education and the Rise of the Black Panthers
    Marc Perrusquia
    Marc Perrusquia
    • Self - Journalist
    Andrew Young
    Andrew Young
    • Self - Southern Christian Leadership Conference, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mayor of Atlanta
    James Comey
    James Comey
    • Self - Director of the FBI, 2013 - 2017
    • (voice)
    Beverly Gage
    Beverly Gage
    • Self - Yale University, Author, G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century
    H. Rap Brown
    H. Rap Brown
    • Self - Civil Rights Activist
    • (archive footage)
    Arthur Goldberg
    Arthur Goldberg
    • Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
    • (archive footage)
    Merv Griffin
    Merv Griffin
    • Self - TV Host
    • (archive footage)
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    • Self - 36th President of the United States
    • (archive footage)
    Kenneth Keating
    Kenneth Keating
    • Self - U.S. Senator from New York
    • (archive footage)
    John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
    • Self - 35th President of the United States
    • (archive footage)
    Robert F. Kennedy
    Robert F. Kennedy
    • Self - Former United States Attorney General
    • (archive footage)
    Coretta Scott King
    Coretta Scott King
    • Self - Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr
    • (archive footage)
      • Sam Pollard
      • David J. Carrow(based upon the book by)
      • Benjamin Hedin
      • Laura Tomaselli
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    • Trivia
      Officially released on what would have been the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 92nd birthday.
    • Quotes

      Self - Author, Bearing the Cross: The FBI was not a renegade agency. It was fundamentally a part, a core part of the existing mainstream American political order.

    • Connections
      Features I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)

    User reviews21

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    9/10
    Excellent Documentary on a True Hero
    Very thorough and incredibly detailed account of what we do not know... Infuriating and educational. It saddened me and taught me a lot. I hope everyone will get the chance to see this. How sad that this icon and hero was taken away from this world at such a young age. The world would have been so different had he been able to have lived his full life.
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    • catfanatic888
    • Jan 19, 2021

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      • January 15, 2021 (United States)
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      • Play/Action Pictures
      • Tradecraft Films
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    • 1 hour 44 minutes

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