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‘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 t...

“MLK/FBI,” which IFC Films will release in theaters and on-demand Friday, chronicles one of the darkest chapters in the bureau’s history: the yearslong...

change volume WTOP's Jason Fraley reviews 'MLK/FBI' If you missed it at the Middleburg Film Festival or the Double Exposure: Investigative Film Festival back in October, you can finally watch “MLK/FBI” from the comfort of your home. The provocative documentary is now streaming just in time for the MLK holiday. The film chronicles civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he is investigated, wiretapped and harassed by the FBI under the iron fist of Director J. Edgar Hoover between November 1963 and his assassination in April 1968. The film is directed by Sam Pollard, who was ...

Documentary looks at Hoover’s attempt to ruin Martin Luther King Jr. Ed Symkus More Content Now History tells us that J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI from 1924 to 1972. James Earl Jones, in a short voiceover near the start of “MLK/FBI,” tells us, “From 1955 to 1968, Martin Luther King led a peaceful 20th-century American revolution.” In this documentary that looks at the achievements and interactions of both men, mostly during the 1960s, it’s suggested that Hoover was attempting to protect the American way of life, and it’s stated that King’s goal was to champion the Civil Rights ...

A year ago the official Twitter account of the Federal Bureau of Investigation tweeted, "Today, the FBI honors the life and work of the Reverend Dr.