Martin Luther King Jr. Movies

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

Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the...

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.

He counseled presidents and popes, served on corporate boards and infuriated Richard Nixon. He was one of the only friends to whom Ann Landers...

Oscar nominated documentary short.

Northern Ireland has had many historic days in the last 40 years. October 5th, 1968 could be the most important. In this documentary, many of those...

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...

A documentary profile of 3-time Pulitzer winning author Robert Penn Warren, featuring Harold Bloom, David Blight, Natasha Trethewey, David Milch,...

Abraham Lincoln is dead. As the United States tries to rebuild after the Civil War, the country faces the immense problem of taking care of four...

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European...

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...

Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.

Director Kyle Provencio Reingold moves beyond the public mythology of the artist to reveal the quieter spaces between Betye Saar's remarkable career...

An original documentary that deciphers in depth, like no other before, the ten most singular years of the life of Sammy Davis, Jr. the legendary...

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...

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...

A journey into the heart of America's past and future. The story revolving around the mysterious woman, overlooked by historians, who had a profound...

"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and shows freedom of expression in art,...

A remarkable event the great American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King makes a powerful speech on a unique visit to Newcastle University.