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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster
Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sidney Lumet
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 15m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Martin Luther King Jr. from the Montgomery bus boycott to his assassination in Memphis. It uses news footage to show the major events of the civil rights movement.

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What happens

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis is a 1970 American documentary film biography of Martin Luther King Jr. Directed by Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the film chronicles King's creation and leadership of the nonviolent campaign for civil rights and social and economic justice in the Civil Rights Movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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