Martin Luther King Jr. Movies

An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes...

Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the...

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...

This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events – The Montgomery Bus...

Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.

For six years, a group of kids went into restaurants and asked for service. It never got violent, it never made national news, but these kids...

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...

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,...

A documentary of the 1964 International Chemical Workers Union against Scripto.

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Bringing together historic footage of the August 1963 March on Washington and the 1960's in the modern State of Israel, "We Have a Dream" explores...

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

Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

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.

An American Ascent documents the first African American expedition to tackle Denali, North America's highest peak and explores the complex...

For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively...

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...

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...