2018 American film
King in the Wilderness Poster
Directed by Peter Kunhardt Produced by Cinematography Clair Popkin Edited by Steven J. Golliday Maya Mumma Music by Saul Simon MacWilliams Production
Kunhardt Films
Distributed by HBO Release dates
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22 ) (Sundance )[ 1] April 2, 2018 (2018-04-02 ) (U.S.) Country United States Language English
King in the Wilderness Martin Luther King Jr. that premiered on April 2, 2018, onHBO , focusing on the final two years of his life leading up to his assassination on April 4, 1968.
The film includes some never-before-seen footage of interviews with some of those closest to King interspersed with historical archives during a period of his life. In addition to upsetting both PresidentLyndon Johnson and the FBI DirectorJ. Edgar Hoover , as well as numerous other opposition groups, and despite King's own self-doubts as he was coming to terms with his possible death, he refused to back away from the civil rights and anti-war challenges of his times.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The film focuses on events in King's life and thecivil rights movement such as theChicago Freedom Movement , theJames Meredith march , theanti-Vietnam War protests and King's "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence " speech, the1967 riots , preparation for thePoor People's Campaign , theMemphis sanitation strike , the "I've Been to the Mountaintop " speech, andKing's assassination andfuneral . Among King's colleagues and friends interviewed in the documentary areBernard Lafayette ,Andrew Young ,Diane Nash ,Harry Belafonte ,John Lewis ,Dorothy Cotton ,Joan Baez ,Xernona Clayton ,Jesse Jackson , Mary Lou Finley,Cleveland Sellers , andC. T. Vivian .
King in the Wilderness won an Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary at the 40thNews and Documentary Emmy Awards .[ 5] [ 6]
^ "King-in-the-wilderness" . Archived fromthe original on June 15, 2021. RetrievedApril 8, 2018 .^ "Exclusive: Watch the trailer for HBO's MLK documentary 'King in the Wilderness' .USA TODAY . RetrievedMarch 21, 2018 .^ " .The Hollywood Reporter . RetrievedMarch 21, 2018 .^ Hale, Andreas."HBO's Documentary King in the Wilderness Is a Chilling Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final 18 Months on Earth" .The Root . RetrievedMarch 21, 2018 . ^ "NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED – The Emmys" . July 25, 2019. Archived fromthe original on August 6, 2019. RetrievedAugust 10, 2019 .^ "Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary - News & Documentary Emmys: 2019 Winners" .The Hollywood Reporter . September 24, 2019. RetrievedApril 17, 2020 .
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