Martin Luther King Jr. Movies

"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and shows freedom of expression in art,...

Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch...

How can something in the public domain not be publicly available? A critical investigation of public domain—a legal term that has nothing to do...

On May 2, 1963, the children of Birmingham, Alabama took to the streets to challenge segregation.

On the anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Sir Trevor McDonald travels to the Deep South of America to get closer to the man who meant so much...

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

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

Through archival footage, the documentary provides an overview of Dr. Martin Luther King's contributions to the civil rights movement.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin -- three of the most highly regarded civil rights leaders of the 1960s -- were united in their...

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

Clyde Alleyne, Britain's first black TV news reporter, questions Dr. Martin Luther King about British racism within months of his tragic...

illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson,...

Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fists of Freedom examines one of the 20th century’s most memorable moments — the dramatic “Black Power” demonstration of...

An original documentary that deciphers in depth, like no other before, the ten most singular years of the life of Sammy Davis, Jr. the legendary...

Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene.

A deep delve into King’s search for the truth on what really happened on that terrible Memphis day in the penultimate years of the tumultuous...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech captured by Third World Newreel

Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity,...