‘MLK/FBI’ Director: ‘America Has Reached a Tipping Point’ TheWrap magazine: “Let’s hope that the fact that communities are being galvanized can make progress toward a change in the American psyche,” Sam Pollard saysSteve Pond | January 22, 2021 @ 4:52 PM Last Updated: January 22, 2021 @ 5:19 PM AWARDS BEAT Field of Vision A version of this story about “MLK/FBI” and Sam Pollard first appeared in the Documentaries issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The documentary “MLK/FBI” delves into the years in the 1960s when the FBI engaged in a clandestine campaign to spy on and discredit civil rights activist and leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Director Sam Pollard’s film is a portrait of a turbulent time when the country was divided and race relations were a flashpoint for conflict — and it appears now in a different era, but one that is bitterly divided in its own way.