Boycott
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her unique friendship and devotion to Martin Luther King Jr. and her unsung contribution to the Civil Rights Movement.
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
Uptight
Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
Selma
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
I Am Not Your Negro
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
MLK/FBI
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Clark Johnson
Director
Jeffrey Wright
as
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert C. Treveiler
as
Jail Clerk
CCH Pounder
as
Jo Ann Robinson
Bill Erwin
as
Loading Dock Man #2
Denise Dowse
Director
Andrew Lauer
as
Alexander Hardwick
Janet Hubert
as
Aunt Duke
Wren T. Brown
as
Clive
Keith David
as
Ink Williams
Bill Walker
as
Bartender
Janet MacLachlan
as
Jeannie
Juanita Moore
as
Mama Wells
Jesse Jackson
as
Self
Henry G. Sanders
as
Cager Lee
Tessa Thompson
as
Diane Nash
Tim Roth
as
Gov. George Wallace
Sammy Davis Jr.
as
Himself
Michelle Obama
as
Herself
Bob Dylan
as
Himself
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as
Himself
Samuel L. Jackson
as
Narration
John F. Kennedy
as
Self - 35th President of the United States
Dan Rather
as
Self - Panelist, Face the Nation
Merv Griffin
as
Self - TV Host
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