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Film Details
Year
2020
Duration
106 minutes
Genres
Documentary
Language
English
Certificate
UNAVAILABLE TO STREAM
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Synopsis
The ability of activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to rally a nation during the Civil Rights Movement led him to being viewed as a highly dangerous individual and a person of interest to the FBI. This documentary explores the cultural and political context of the USA at the time, including the pervasive paranoia over communism and how Black identities and the FBI have been depicted, and mythologized, in popular culture and the collective imagination. Using restored footage and previously classified documents from the National Archives, the extent to which the FBI went to try and discredit Martin Luther King, Jr. is revealed. At the heart of this story is an ethical line that challenges our ideals to this day: is exposing details of a public figure's private life a matter of public interest, or can society be willingly blinded to the bigger picture by those who play dirty?
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disturbing images, real violence, references to racism and sexual violence.
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