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The IFC Films documentary MLK/FBI from filmmaker Sam Pollard (Two Trains Runnin’, Eyes on the Prize) makes its debut in select theaters today as well as on demand. The release aligns with Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 18 and it is super relevant to America’s wild inequity and racist treatment of the Black community — specifically Black activists.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI” is an arresting look at how J. Edgar Hoover used the country’s top law enforcement agency to wage a surveillance campaign against Dr.

There's an iconic photograph of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Damon Wise Sam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI” follows the dirty war that America’s FBI declared on civil rights figurehead Martin Luther King, a vendetta that began in the 50s and ended with his assassination in 1968, inspired by recent revelations (as well as credible long-held suspicions), and backed up by declassified secret government documents. Documentary festival IDFA, which runs until Dec.

Best Feature“Collective” (Romania / Magnolia Pictures, Participant. Director/Producer: Alexander Nanau. Producer: Bianca Oana)“Crip Camp” (USA / Netflix.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Sam Pollard has been tapped to direct The League, a documentary centered on the tumultuous journey of Negro league baseball.

From 1955 until his death, the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover targeted civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmIFC Films announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to MLK/FBI, directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar® nominee Sam Pollard. MLK/FBI was part of the Official Selection for the 2020 edition of the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival.

It’s 1963, and throngs of Black folks have packed the National Mall for the March on Washington. Images of jubilant men and women holding flags, and dressed in their Sunday best, strewn across the screen.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorThe New York Film Festival has finalized its main slate of 25 films and expanded the dates of this year’s event in order to accommodate drive-in screenings.The 58th edition of the festival will start a week earlier than it had planned, on September 17, and run through October 11.