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A Special Screening of MLK/FBI
March 19, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm PDT
Friday, March 19 | 5:30 PM PST
5:30 PM PT – MLK/FBI Film Screening (104 minutes)
7:15 PM PT – Post-Screening Q+A with Director Sam Pollard
Virtual screening access is limited. Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed. The Film link is expected to be sent to your submitted email approximately an hour before the screening is scheduled to begin.
If you have any questions or do not receive the screener link by 4:45 pm on March 19, please contact info@langstonseattle.org. Please double check your spam/junk folder for the screening info before contacting.
MLK/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. Featuring interviews with key cultural figures and directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar®-nominee Sam Pollard, MLK/FBI tells this astonishing and tragic story with searing relevance to our current moment.
Sam Pollard is an Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated director and producer. His films for HBO, PBS, and the Discovery Channel include the documentaries Four Little Girls, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Slavery by Another Name, Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me, ACORN
and the Firestorm, Why We Hate, and Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children. Pollard also directed two episodes of the groundbreaking series Eyes on the Prize II. Since 1994 Pollard has served on the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and lives in New York City.