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  • MLK/FBI (2020)
  • TV-PG
    104 min | Documentary, Biography, History
MLK/FBI (2020)
TV-PG
104 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Director
Writers
David Garrow (based upon the book by) (as David J. Garrow) | Benjamin Hedin | Laura Tomaselli
Producer
Composer
Gerald Clayton (score)
Cinematographer
Production Designer
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Release date
Jan 15, 2021 (United States)

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Cast

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30 cast members
Name Known for
Shaun Bowman
Movie goer Movie goer   See fewer
Martin Luther King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
J. Edgar Hoover
Self - FBI Director (archive footage) Self - FBI Director (archive footage)   See fewer
David Garrow
Self - Author, Bearing the Cross (as David J. Garrow) Self - Author, Bearing the Cross (as David J. Garrow)   See fewer
Clarence B. Jones
Self - Attorney, Speechwriter for Martin Luther King, Jr (as Clarence Jones) Self - Attorney, Speechwriter for Martin Luther King, Jr (as Clarence Jones)   See fewer
Charles Knox
Self - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Retired / Special Agent, Counterintelligence Self - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Retired / Special Agent, Counterintelligence   See fewer
Donna Murch
Self - Rutgers University, Author, Living in the City: Migration, Education and the Rise of the Black Panthers Self - Rutgers University, Author, Living in the City: Migration, Education and the Rise of the Black Panthers   See fewer
Marc Perrusquia
Self - Journalist (voice) Self - Journalist (voice)   See fewer
Andrew Young
Self - Southern Christian Leadership Conference, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mayor of Atlanta Self - Southern Christian Leadership Conference, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mayor of Atlanta   See fewer
James Comey
Self - Director of the FBI, 2013 - 2017 (voice) Self - Director of the FBI, 2013 - 2017 (voice)   See fewer
Beverly Gage
Self - Yale University, Author, G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century Self - Yale University, Author, G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century   See fewer
H. Rap Brown
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Goldberg
Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. (archive footage) Self - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. (archive footage)   See fewer
Merv Griffin
Self - TV Host (archive footage) Self - TV Host (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Kenneth Keating
Self - U.S. Senator from New York (archive footage) Self - U.S. Senator from New York (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Former United States Attorney General (archive footage) Self - Former United States Attorney General (archive footage)   See fewer
Coretta Scott King
Self - Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (archive footage) Self - Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Martin
Actor Actor   See fewer
Ben Mehl
Actor Actor   See fewer
Gay Pauley
Self - United Press International (archive footage) Self - United Press International (archive footage)   See fewer
Dan Rather
Self - Panelist, Face the Nation (archive footage) Self - Panelist, Face the Nation (archive footage)   See fewer
James Earl Ray
Self - Martin Luther King, Jr's Assassin (archive footage) Self - Martin Luther King, Jr's Assassin (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bayard Rustin
Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
William C. Sullivan
Self - Director of FBI's Domestic Intelligence Operations (archive footage) Self - Director of FBI's Domestic Intelligence Operations (archive footage)   See fewer
George Wallace
Self - Former Governor of Alabama (archive footage) Self - Former Governor of Alabama (archive footage)   See fewer
Roy Wilkins
Self - Former Executive Director of the NAACP (archive footage) Self - Former Executive Director of the NAACP (archive footage)   See fewer
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