MLK/FBI(2021)

TV-PG
1h 44m

Release Date: Jan 15, 2021 | Limited

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

Releases

Original Release | Jan 15, 2021

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$21,603
Total US & Canada:
$45,200
Total International
$46,633
Total Worldwide:
$91,833

Current Showtimes

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Tue Jul 14
Wed Jul 15
Thu Jul 16
Fri Jul 17
Sat Jul 18
Sun Jul 19
Mon Jul 20

Director & Top Cast

Sam Pollard
Director

Shaun Bowman
Movie goer

Martin Luther King
Self

J. Edgar Hoover
Self

David Garrow
Self - Author, Bearing the Cross

Clarence B. Jones
Self - Author, Bearing the Cross

Charles Knox

Self - Author, Bearing the Cross

Donna Murch

Self - Rutgers University, Author, Living in the City: Migration, Education and the Rise of the Black Panthers

Marc Perrusquia

Self - Journalist

Andrew Young

Self - Journalist

James Comey

Self - Director of the FBI, 2013 - 2017

Beverly Gage

Self - Yale University, Author, G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century

H. Rap Brown

Self - Yale University, Author, G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century

Arthur Goldberg

Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

Merv Griffin

Self - TV Host

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - TV Host

Kenneth Keating

Self - U.S. Senator from New York

John F. Kennedy

Self - U.S. Senator from New York

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Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Sam Pollard 's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King , Jr. The first film to uncover the extent of the FBI's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, the documentary explores the government's history of targeting Black activists, and the contested meaning behind some of our most cherished ideals. From Emmy Award winning director Sam Pollard and featuring interviews with Andrew Young, James Comey, Clarence Jones, and more.