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One of the better, more important films on Dr. King, for being "minor". Let me explain. There have already been a number of first rate documentaries that focused on the amazing sweep of King's life and work. And those films (e.g. "King A Filmed Record... From Montgomery to Memphis") are probably better places to start for those who aren't familiar with the amazing accomplishments of this great, once in a century human being - the rare person who actually visibly changes the tide of history for the good.
But what this film does that is so valuable, different and moving is, through a combination of interviews with those close to King, home movies, and footage I've certainly never seen before, along with focusing on some of the speeches and political moments that haven't been played so many times, is create a portrait of King as a man, not a saint. Vulnerable, human, able to make mistakes (his affairs are acknowledged, though not dwelt upon or over dramatized), exhausted, pulled in different directions politically.
But in the very act of showing his imperfections, it makes his accomplishments all the more breathtaking, his endless dedication, and willingness to face danger and death first for his own people, and then for all oppressed and needy people everywhere all the more amazing and inspirational. If this film shows King was 'just a man', it also implies that what he accomplished is something available to all of us if we have the courage and fortitude to take up the mantle of what he fought for.Read more ›
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Along with the Paul Winfield movie on MLK (which the late Winflield does for Dr. King what Denzel did for Malcolm X), this is clearly the best documentary of MLK that is avaialble on DVD.
Basically, it does not do much on his early years and skims the all-too familiar story of the Momtgomery bus boycott. But it deals with a lot of lesser known matters of his career from 1963 to his assassination in 1968.
The "Children's Crusade" of Birmingham in 1963 is handled from all angles, as well as the events leading up to the March on Washington and the all-too familiar Dream Speech. We learn a lot more about lesser-known matters such as the issues surrounding his receiving the Nobel Prize, the Selma and Chicago campaigns (one important error here is that Dr. King himself never actually marched in the antiblack community of Cicero, Ill. in 1966, Dr. King marched in the equally racist Gage Park, but other independent marchers went to the notorious Cicero). And we also look into his campaigns against the Vietnam War and poverty in America, which usually get short shrift when Dr. King is taught to American schoolchildren, and the issues leading to his assassination.
This documentary is even more blatant than the Winfield movie in pointing out Dr. King's flaws (womanizing, poor health habits, questionable associations, etc) but it is a balanced portrait in showing the good that Dr. King attempted to accomplish during this time without compromising on his Ghandian philosophy.
One particularly intriguing segment shows Dan Rather, who now prides himself on his professed sympathy for the movement, annoying Dr. King with questions about Communist associations (c. 1963). Mike Wallace is also shown disturbing Dr.Read more ›
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
INTRODUCTION: I admire Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but honestly I did not know much about him, except what I learned in high school United States history. Now I know why I admire the life, works, and words of Dr. King, even though as any mortal human he had his faults. This DVD, is a documentary of the most influential years of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) (and sadly the last years of his life) 1963 to 1968. This DVD, will show all the complex and intriguing aspect of King's life and I feel that the viewer will be delighted with this presentation and its discoveries.
In the US, there is a day set aside as a public holiday called "Martin Luther King Day" and commemorates the civil rights struggle of the African Americans in the 1960s and is personified by the monumental persona of *Preacher King.*
From the very beginning of the DVD, the narrator tells us the key to understanding Dr. King. This key, is the fact that, first and foremost, Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister, a baptist preacher.
PRODUCER: This is a documentary production that feels like a movie. There is a narrator that does an excellent job at walking the viewer through the well-documented steps of the civil rights movement and the life of Dr. King. The footage made me feel like I was part of the action, ... very personal, up-close cinematography. Another reviewer of this DVD (see "The Best of MLK on DVD") mentions that there is a movie of MLK produced by Paul Winfield.
I found this DVD in a local public library in Santa Cruz. The quality of this documentary is so honest and unbiased, that I am contemplating buying it for my collection.Read more ›
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