Citizen King / a ROJA Productions film for American experience ; in association with the BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker.

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This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the...

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Corporate Authors: ROJA Productions
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Bagwell, Orlando
Walker, W. Noland
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Fauntroy, Walter E.
Wilkins, Roger W., 1932-2017
Wofford, Harris
Chin, Michael
Kambon, Camara
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Alexandria, VA : PBS Home Video, [2004], ©2004.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Political and social views.
African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American political activists > Biography.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Biography.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
This story begins on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at the center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has become a mythic figure, a minister whose oratory is etched into the minds of millions of Americans, a civil rights activist whose words and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history.
Note:Originally broadcast on television Jan. 19, 2001.
Special feature: Interview with filmmaker Orlando Bagwell.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E185.97.K5 C58 2004 VideoDVD
CL3 D0045388 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:0793695058
9780793695058
1415707529
9781415707524
Credits:Director of photography, Michael Chin ; editors, Ed Barteski, Jean-Philippe Boucicaut ; series editor, Sharon Grimberg ; original music, Camara Kambon.
System Details:DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Interviews with: Andrew Young, Walter Fauntroy, Roger Wilkins, Harris Wofford.