DVD
King : a filmed record-- Montgomery to Memphis
Performers
Martin Luther King, Jr. ; guest appearances by Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Anthony Quinn, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward.
Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Kino Classics, [2013]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
Notes
Title from container.
"35mm archival restoration"--Container.
Originally produced as a documentary in 1970.
Preserved by the Library of Congress, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation.
Subjects
- African American civil rights workers > Biography.
- African Americans > Civil rights > History.
- African Americans > History.
- African Americans > Suffrage > History.
- Civil rights movements > United States > History.
- Race discrimination > United States > History.
- United States > History > 1953-1961.
- United States > History > 1961-1969.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.