Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929
Died: April 4, 1968
in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history. (Wikipedia)

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Zeitgeist: Requiem
Title: Zeitgeist: Requiem
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Fourth in the Zeitgeist Film Series, director Peter Joseph explorers the fundamental incompatibility of our economy & the culture it has created with our future survival as a species, while posing solutions based on system’s science and cybernetics.
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Becoming King
Title: Becoming King
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 19, 2024
Type: Movie
An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and intimate home videos, Becoming King is a story of faith, friendship and a destiny fulfilled.
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Title: Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Released: November 11, 2023
Type: Movie
"Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight" covers renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward Twilight”— commissioned by The Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens — a site-specific installation that features a 17-foot-long vintage wooden canoe and found objects, including birdcages, antlers, and natural materials harvested by Saar from The Huntington’s grounds. This film renders a portrait of Betye's process at 96 while also reflecting on her life, career, and memories of Pasadena.
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Title: La Californie !
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2023
Type: TV
From the 1950s to the present day, from Los Angeles to San Francisco via Berkeley University or Silicon Valley, this three-part documentary series unfolds the recent history of California, which is revolutionizing the world by its way of life and its incredible capacity for innovation.
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Title: Bill Russell: Legend
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 8, 2023
Type: TV
Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this 2-part biographical documentary.
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Stand
Title: Stand
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decision not to stand for the national anthem, however, turned him from prodigy to pariah. Told candidly by Abdul-Rauf himself more than 20 years later it’s the remarkable story of one man who kept the faith and paved the way for a social justice movement.
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The Universe
Title: The Universe
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: Movie
In a last-ditch effort to save earth, a man sacrifices himself and is forced to relive a series of suppressed memories that become smeared by the detonation of a stellar bomb. This paranormal explosion of thoughts begin to blur the lines between reality and fiction; the only way out is forward.
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Title: Le Siècle des icônes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 27, 2022
Type: TV
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Title: Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character: Self (archive Footage)
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: Movie
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This definitive documentary honors Armstrong's legacy as a founding father of jazz, one of the first internationally known and beloved stars, and a cultural ambassador of the United States.
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Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Title: Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s ever-evolving cultural backdrop, all while helping to define what it means to be one of America’s first Black sports superstars. He left an indelible mark in New York City and San Francisco, building a love affair with both cities’ fans.
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Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Title: Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
Released: September 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The real dream of the American pastor Martin Luther King was never limited to civil rights. He hoped for a just America, where poverty would no longer have a place. Social equality was for him the only guarantee of a true emancipation. During the last four years of his life, he mobilized all his energy to realize this "other dream". But there were many obstacles: he was scorned by white, racist America, abandoned by the political class, but also by some of his own people, who decided to turn their backs on the principle of non-violence.
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The Janes
Title: The Janes
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: May 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
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A History of the World According to Getty Images
Title: A History of the World According to Getty Images
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: May 1, 2022
Type: Movie
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 with free access or public availability—that uses powerhouse commercial archive Getty Images as its example. If the world's visual history remains locked behind a paywall, who will ever see it?
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Title: A History of Antisemitism
Character: Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Released: April 12, 2022
Type: TV
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Title: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and interviews.
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The Art of Dissent
Title: The Art of Dissent
Character: Self - Subject (archive footage)
Released: October 5, 2021
Type: Movie
"The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The documentary's main protagonists - Václav Havel, banned singer Marta Kubisová, and the underground rock group the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) - became the most recognizable dissidents during the 1970-80s. Havel bridged the disparate clusters of individuals and fused the literary, musical, political, and philosophical nonviolent elements into a hybrid network that eventually toppled the totalitarian regime in 1989.
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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Title: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British television in the seventies and its many manifestations, culturally specific, in other countries; to its resurgence in the last decade.
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Title: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 2, 2021
Type: Movie
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
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Title: This Is Pop
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2021
Type: TV
Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Title: Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Character: Himself
Released: March 1, 2021
Type: Movie
No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest for equality came with consequences. 1968. April 4th. A day that changed the landscape of society forever.
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The Soul of America
Title: The Soul of America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.
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Title: Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
Character: Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Released: October 6, 2020
Type: TV
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
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Title: First Ladies
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 4, 2020
Type: TV
Blending in-depth interviews, rare archival footage, and cinematic recreations, this docuseries on the lives of America's most iconic First Ladies is a bold revision of each woman's traditional portrayal, revealing how they were impacted during their time in the White House, and how their achievements fundamentally shaped American and global history.
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MLK/FBI
Title: MLK/FBI
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: September 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Title: De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.
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Title: Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 26, 2020
Type: TV
The untold story behind cult leader Charles Manson and his followers' heinous crimes as told through interviews with former members, archival footage, and newly-unearthed images.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
Title: John Lewis: Good Trouble
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
Title: John Lewis: Good Trouble
Character: Self (archive Footage)
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.
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Uncle Tom
Title: Uncle Tom
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 19, 2020
Type: Movie
In this collection of interviews with some of America's most conservative black pundits, white director Justin Malone presents his vision of being black in America. Featuring politicians, lobbyists, ministers, some unqualified random people (even an alleged sex pest), the film explores their choice to navigate the world as one of America's most self-resenting identities: the American Black Conservative. In this propaganda film from Director Justin Malone and Executive Producer Larry Elder, Uncle Tom evangelizes victim-blaming, selfishness, and their lack of empathy. Uncle Tom shows us a biased perspective of American History from this political ”movement.”
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Da 5 Bloods
Title: Da 5 Bloods
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 2020
Type: Movie
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
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Killing John F. Kennedy
Title: Killing John F. Kennedy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 2020
Type: Movie
John F Kennedy was one of America's greatest presidents. He was the voice of the people who was a natural public speaker and a cool calm figure in front of the cameras. His influence helped push America through the most dangerous moments of the cold war, diffusing what could have been world nuclear destruction. But in November 1963, his life would come to a devastating end through the hands of an assassin. But who would kill one of the most popular presidents? Why was he a target? Join us as we investigate the life and career of JFK and ask the question...Who was really behind the killing of JFK?
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Title: History 101
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2020
Type: TV
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Title: The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 15, 2020
Type: Movie
For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
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England 79
Title: England 79
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
"England 79" - 17 scenes from Great Britain the winter of discontent, 1979.
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Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Title: Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 13, 2019
Type: Movie
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his tragic friendship with The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson and his descent into violence and chaos once his dreams fell apart.
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Mike Wallace Is Here
Title: Mike Wallace Is Here
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.
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Geek, and You Shall Find
Title: Geek, and You Shall Find
Character: Himself (voice)
Released: July 23, 2019
Type: Movie
After attending a local comic book convention, three filmmakers are so moved by the stories shared with them by cosplayers that they decide to investigate geek culture even further. Attending other conventions across the country and speaking with legendary creators such as Kevin Eastman, Stan Lee and George R.R. Martin, the trio not only begins to find answers to why people gravitate towards superheroes and stories about superheroes, but how being a geek could help them live deeper, richer lives. Geek, and You Shall Find tells the stories behind the creation of several popular stories including Superman, Star Wars, Game of Thrones and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In sharing how these characters and their worlds came to be, creators reveal how often they have been inspired by real-life social ills. Most importantly, by continuing to speak with fans who have been inspired by these creations, this film reveals how superheroes have the potential to combat these social issues as well.
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Title: Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Character: Self
Released: May 24, 2019
Type: Movie
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival created.
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Title: What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 14, 2019
Type: TV
Explore Ali’s challenges, confrontations, comebacks and triumphs through recordings of his own voice. The two-part documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who was a beacon of hope for oppressed people around the world and, in his later years, was recognized as a global citizen and a symbol of humanity and understanding.
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Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
Title: Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
Character: Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Released: May 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Thoughts of a diversity of public and private citizens on the virtues of democracy, its faults, its decadence, its fall and the rise of populism.
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Hesburgh
Title: Hesburgh
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 26, 2019
Type: Movie
He counseled presidents and popes, served on corporate boards and infuriated Richard Nixon. He was one of the only friends to whom Ann Landers turned for advice. During his 35 years as president of the University of Notre Dame, Theodore Hesburgh became one of the most influential and inspiring people of the 20th century.
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Title: The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Character: Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.
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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Title: Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 22, 2018
Type: Movie
How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family “The Rainbow Tribe”, adopting twelve children from four corners of the world? This is the fabulous story of the first black superstar, Josephine Baker.
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The Corporate Coup D'État
Title: The Corporate Coup D'État
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 2018
Type: Movie
A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigation blends the insights of experts with the experiences of citizens of the Rust Belt in the Midwest where the steel industry once flourished, but where closures and outsourcing have left urban areas desolate. It is here where Donald Trump finds some of his most fervent supporters.
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Title: Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 2, 2018
Type: Movie
"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Title: 1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 20, 2018
Type: Movie
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. Kennedy, the Prague Spring, the Chicago riots, the Mexico Summer Olympics, the presidential election of Richard Nixon, the Apollo 8 space mission, the hippies and the Yippies, Bullitt and the living dead. Once upon a time the year 1968.
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Title: Explained
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 23, 2018
Type: TV
This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to pop culture.
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Title: Bobby Kennedy for President
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 27, 2018
Type: TV
Historic footage and leading voices of the era examine the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and the legacy of the man who helped redefine the country.
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Title: Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 14, 2018
Type: TV
The story of Elvis Presley the musical artist, a comprehensive creative journey from his childhood through the final 1976 Jungle Room recording sessions.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
Title: Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 4, 2018
Type: Movie
National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in the face of bitter opposition, not least from opponents within the U.S. government; King is subjected to a fierce campaign of intimidation by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
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I Am MLK Jr.
Title: I Am MLK Jr.
Character: Himself
Released: April 4, 2018
Type: Movie
This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Birmingham Campaign, March on Washington, the Selma Movement and Assassination and Legacy.
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Title: Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 22, 2018
Type: Movie
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 to him.
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King in the Wilderness
Title: King in the Wilderness
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 22, 2018
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Title: The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 4, 2017
Type: Movie
An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century.
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August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Title: August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 26, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.
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Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
Title: Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: Movie
An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots exploring the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.
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Chasing Trane
Title: Chasing Trane
Character: Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: Movie
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
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I Am Not Your Negro
Title: I Am Not Your Negro
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
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13th
Title: 13th
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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Title: O.J.: Made in America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2016
Type: TV
The rise and fall of American football star, O.J. Simpson, from his days growing up in Los Angeles to his murder trial that polarized the country.
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Title: Great Literary Tour
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: TV
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O.J.: Made in America
Title: O.J.: Made in America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 20, 2016
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
Title: Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 20, 2016
Type: Movie
Historian Andrew Cohen discusses Robert Drew's 1963 documentary Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment.
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Title: Race for the White House
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 6, 2016
Type: TV
From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more.
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Imminent Threat
Title: Imminent Threat
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 4, 2015
Type: Movie
A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discourse. Academy Award nominee James Cromwell presents Janek Ambros' directorial debut. The feature doc tackles the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties and the strange coalition it's creating between the progressive left and libertarian right. The doc examines the NSA, drones, the war on journalism and other encroachments on civil liberties started by the Bush era and expanded by the Democratic establishment.
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Unity
Title: Unity
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
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Klansville U.S.A.
Title: Klansville U.S.A.
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
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Selma
Title: Selma
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 2014
Type: Movie
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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Title: Emancipation Road
Character: As Himself
Released: September 16, 2014
Type: TV
From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through America's Greatest Saga. In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...
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Freedom Summer
Title: Freedom Summer
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 17, 2014
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freedom schools, and established the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Fifty years later, eyewitness accounts and never-before-seen archival material tell their story. Not all of them would make it through.
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Speeches That Shook the World
Title: Speeches That Shook the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining the speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners, poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech. Simon gets the inside story behind some of the famous speeches of the modern age, talking to Tony Blair's speechwriter, to Earl Spencer on his controversial address at his sister's funeral and the woman who challenged the rioters in Hackney. We hear how Peter Tatchell confronted the BNP, Paul Boateng on how Enoch Powell's divisive speech personally affected him as a child, and Colonel Tim Collins, whose charge was to motivate his troops on the eve of the Iraq war. Simon discusses the nuts and bolts of speech writing with Vincent Franklin, aka the blue-sky thinking guru Stuart Pearson from The Thick of It, and gets tips on powerful delivery from actor Charles Dance.
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Title: Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The film tells the story of how the march for jobs and freedom began, speaking to the people who organised and participated in it. Using rarely seen archive footage the film reveals the background stories surrounding the build up to the march as well as the fierce opposition it faced from the JFK administration, J Edgar Hoover's FBI and widespread claims that it would incite racial violence, chaos and disturbance. The film follows the unfolding drama as the march reaches its ultimate triumphs, gaining acceptance from the state, successfully raising funds and in the end, organised and executed peacefully.
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The House I Live In
Title: The House I Live In
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 2012
Type: Movie
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 communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Title: MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
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Ethel
Title: Ethel
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.
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Picture Me Rollin'
Title: Picture Me Rollin'
Character: Himself (voice)
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A black Lamborghini spins in circles, cheered on by men in white T-shirts and medallion necklaces. Larry W. Cook has reused a clip from the 2000 music video "Get Your Roll On" by the rap group Big Tymers but replaced the audio with a version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The civil rights leader's speech has been chopped and screwed, a hip-hop turntable technique that involves slowing down a track.
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J. Edgar
Title: J. Edgar
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 2011
Type: Movie
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
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Title: Mentiras verdaderas
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: TV
Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.
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2012: Time for Change
Title: 2012: Time for Change
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.
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COINTELPRO 101
Title: COINTELPRO 101
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.
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Roads to Memphis
Title: Roads to Memphis
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 3, 2010
Type: Movie
The wildly disparate yet fatefully entwined stories of assassin James Earl Ray and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Reel Injun
Title: Reel Injun
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: Movie
The evolution of the depiction of Native Americans in film, from the silent era until today, featuring clips from hundreds of movies and candid interviews with famous directors, writers and actors, Native and non-Native: how their image on the screen transforms the way to understand their history and culture.
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Capitalism: A Love Story
Title: Capitalism: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).
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Stand
Title: Stand
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 25, 2009
Type: Movie
Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the contemporary experiences of black men and to ask them: "What do you stand for?" Set against Barack Obama's rise to presidential power, Smiley and his fellow travelers offer diverse perspectives on African Americans' soul music, historic struggle for equality, current race relations and more.
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James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Title: James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 5, 2008
Type: Movie
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 ripped other cities apart after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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L'altra Dalla - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
Title: L'altra Dalla - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 2007
Type: Movie
As with the plot to frame Lee Harvey Oswald, the verdict on Robert Kennedy's murder was decided even before the case went to court. A lone, deranged assassin has always been the best way to explain away, and distract attention from, much more intricate conspiracies. This landmark documentary summarizes the best evidence that has ever emerged, contradicting the official story of Robert Kennedy's assassination. While sold by the corporate media as an open and shut case against "Palestinian radical" Sirhan Sirhan, this riveting film presents meticulously researched evidence, by several independent investigators, exposing outrageous procedure violations, blatant forgeries, and unexplained dismissals on the part of the authorities, revealing a world-class cover-up.
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Title: RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A new investigative documentary exploring the controversies surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 as he looked set to challenge Nixon for the White House. Munir Sirhan tells how his brother Sirhan has never been able to remember the shooting. Sandra Serrano speaks for the first time in forty years about the girl in the polka-dot dress fleeing the scene, yelling "We shot him! We shot him!" And Dr. Herbert Spiegel of Columbia University describes how Sirhan was hypnotically programmed to kill Robert Kennedy.
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Title: King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: January 16, 2007
Type: Movie
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. The film includes interviews with contemporaries such as Jesse Jackson, and military experts like Colin Powell.
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...So Goes the Nation
Title: ...So Goes the Nation
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 4, 2006
Type: Movie
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.
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Bobby
Title: Bobby
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 2006
Type: Movie
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 assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Title: Folk Britannia
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: February 3, 2006
Type: TV
Three 1-hour films exploring British folk music from the rebirth of English romance to the latter day revival.
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Title: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
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Citizen King
Title: Citizen King
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism and comes to a bloody end five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis. King has since become a mythic figure, an activist whose works and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history. (Storyville)
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Title: Days That Shook the World
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: TV
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various milestones throughout history. It has been broadcast on the BBC, Discovery Channel UK, The History Channel and Viasat History. The series was also released on DVD by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2007.
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The Corporation
Title: The Corporation
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Title: Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: September 12, 2002
Type: Movie
Oscar nominated documentary short from 2002
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Naqoyqatsi
Title: Naqoyqatsi
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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A Huey P. Newton Story
Title: A Huey P. Newton Story
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: Movie
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
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The American Nightmare
Title: The American Nightmare
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: Movie
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Title: Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 12, 1999
Type: Movie
Fists of Freedom examines one of the 20th century’s most memorable moments — the dramatic “Black Power” demonstration of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the victory stand at the 1968 Summer games in Mexico City. Using rare footage, archival photos and interviews with key figures from the era, revisit a pivotal event in American history.
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4 Little Girls
Title: 4 Little Girls
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: July 9, 1997
Type: Movie
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
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Blue Eyed
Title: Blue Eyed
Released: September 8, 1996
Type: Movie
In only 15 minutes with some 30 people Jane Elliott manages to build up a realistic microcosmos of society today with all its phenomena and feelings. As already known from the ill reputed Milgram experiment, even participants who knew the "rules" are unable to remain uninvolved. What starts as a game turns into cruel reality which causes some participants' emotions to erupt with unforeseen intensity
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All Power to the People!
Title: All Power to the People!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s. Covering the history of slavery, civil-rights activists, political assassinations and exploring the methods used to divide and destroy key figures of movements by government forces, the film then contrasts into Reagan-Era events, privacy threats from new technologies and the failure of the “War on Drugs”, forming a comprehensive view of the goals, aspirations and ultimate demise of the Civil Rights Movement…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Title: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch opposition to the Vietnam War. Also included is his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Death Scenes 2
Title: Death Scenes 2
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinous crimes as the Manson Family's assault on society. You'll see the gruesome aftermath of mob reprisals, public executions and international terrorism. DEATH SCENES II uniquely ushers the brave and curious into a spellbinding trip through the reality that is our world today.
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The Doors
Title: The Doors
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1991
Type: Movie
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Himself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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In Remembrance of Martin
Title: In Remembrance of Martin
Character: Self
Released: February 8, 1986
Type: Movie
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Carter, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Lewis, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Andrew Young, who recall Dr. King's career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement. Includes portions of his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Disasters of the Century
Title: Disasters of the Century
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 21, 1985
Type: Movie
This entry in the "Reel Moments" video series contains newsreel and archive footage of famous 20th century disasters, including: the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge, various ship sinkings, racecar crashes, and assassinations, with emphasis on the assassinations of Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy.
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Good Intentions
Title: Good Intentions
Character: Self (Archival Footage)
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Walter Williams critiques the war on poverty, schooling, and more in this public television documentary based on Walter Williams' book 'The State Against Blacks'.
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The Killing of America
Title: The Killing of America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 5, 1981
Type: Movie
A documentary of the decline of America. Featuring footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.
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The War at Home
Title: The War at Home
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Title: Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
Character: Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Released: June 2, 1973
Type: Movie
In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo, one of the cities in the American South, about the suppression of the rebels, about the most brutal methods of fighting African American protesters. Jesse Jackson's speech. Jesse Jackson's commentary on the Black Rights Organization. Comments by female residents of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, on the degree of mental development of whites and blacks. A story about the Ku Klux Klan, about Robert Shelton - the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Speech by American singer and dramatic actor Paul Robson, his commentary. Shots of the Olympics, victories in the competition of black athletes. About reprisals against Negro organizations. The widow of the American writer Ernest Hemingway Mary and the American scientist Henry Winston speak out about support for African Americans and the fight against racism.
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Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
Title: Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 22, 1973
Type: Movie
A 1964-1973 Retrospective for homecoming POWs.
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Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»
Title: Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 1970
Type: Movie
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Title: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis
Title: Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Through archival footage, the documentary provides an overview of Dr. Martin Luther King's contributions to the civil rights movement.
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LBJ
Title: LBJ
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark figure who is plotting the anti-black rights movement.
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University
Title: Martin Luther King at Newcastle University
Character: Self
Released: November 13, 1967
Type: Movie
A remarkable event the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King makes a powerful speech on a unique visit to Newcastle University.
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After Civil Rights... Black Power
Title: After Civil Rights... Black Power
Character: Himself
Released: June 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Report on the nature of "Black Power," and how it can be effectively used. Interviews with Martin Luther King, SNCC head Stokely Carmichael, Floyd McKissick of CORE, and Charles Evers. Reporter is Sander Vanocur.
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
Title: I Am Curious (Yellow)
Character: Himself
Released: March 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
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Wealth of a Nation
Title: Wealth of a Nation
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
This film explores freedom of speech in the United States of America
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The Bus
Title: The Bus
Released: April 5, 1965
Type: Movie
The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years. In August of 1963, groups from all over the country journeyed to Washington D.C. for a massive demonstration, and this film is a fascinating document of this event. Celebrated filmmaker Haskell Wexler ("Medium Cool") traveled with the San Francisco delegation, photographing and conversing candidly with the participants. He has succeeded admirably in capturing the significance and drama of this historic trip.
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The March
Title: The March
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1964
Type: Movie
The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. It was made for the Motion Picture Service unit of the United States Information Agency for use outside the United States – the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act prevented USIA films from being shown domestically without a special act of Congress. In 1990 Congress authorized these films to be shown in the U.S. twelve years after their initial release. In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (Wikipedia)
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David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Title: David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Character: himself
Released: March 16, 1963
Type: Movie
The historic interview that stopped JFK in his tracks...
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Integration Report 1
Title: Integration Report 1
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity, empathy and skill, Anderson assembles a vital record of desegregation efforts around the country in 1959 and 1960, featuring footage by documentary legends Albert Maysles and Richard Leacock and early Black cameraman Robert Puello, singing by Maya Angelou, and narration by playwright Loften Mitchell. Anderson fleetly moves from sit-ins in Montgomery, Alabama to a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C. to a protest of the unprosecuted death in police custody of an unarmed Black man in Brooklyn, capturing the incredible reach and scope of the civil rights movement, and working with this diverse of footage, as she would later say, “like an artist with a palette using different colors.”
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Title: The David Susskind Show
Character: Self
Released: January 18, 1959
Type: TV
The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City. The title referred to the fact that the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue late on a Sunday night.
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America's Woman
Title: America's Woman
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
First feature-length documentary to explore in depth a mysterious woman’s influence on George Washington, his vision for America, and its independence – a vision that can deeply influence the nation’s need for healing and unity.