Martin Luther King vs. The FBI
Documentary about the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, one of the most prominent members of the African American civil rights movement.
MARTIN LUTHER KING VS. THE FBI is the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, utilizing a trove of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and unsealed by the National Archives, as well as revelatory restored footage, the documentary explores the government’s history of targeting Black activists, and the contested meaning behind some of our most cherished ideals. Director Sam Pollard tells this astonishing and tragic story with searing relevance to our current moment.