King : a filmed record... Montgomery to Memphis

Resource Information

The work King : a filmed record... Montgomery to Memphis represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

King : a filmed record... Montgomery to Memphis

Title remainder

a filmed record... Montgomery to Memphis

Statement of responsibility

the Martin Luther King Foundation presents ; a Commonwealth United Corporation production ; conceived and produced by Ely Landau

Title variation

• Ely Landau's King
• Filmed record... Montgomery to Memphis

Contributor

• Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc
• Jones, James Earl
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
• Woodward, Joanne, 1930-
• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
• Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994
• Landau, Ely
• Williams, Clarence, III, 1939-2021
• Newman, Paul, 1925-2008
• Carter, John N.
• Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor
• Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001
• Martin Luther King Foundation
• Dee, Ruby
• Library of Congress
• Gazzara, Ben, 1930-2012
• Hays, Lora.
• Kino Classics (Firm)
• Heston, Charlton.

Contributor

• Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001
• Newman, Paul, 1925-2008
• Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
• Jones, James Earl
• Heston, Charlton.
• Woodward, Joanne, 1930-
• Williams, Clarence, III, 1939-2021
• Library of Congress
• Dee, Ruby
• Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
• Gazzara, Ben, 1930-2012

Editor of moving image work

• Hays, Lora.
• Carter, John N.

Film producer

• Landau, Ely

Musical director

• Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor

Production company

• Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc
• Martin Luther King Foundation

Publisher

• Kino Classics (Firm)

Subject

• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Feature films -- United States
• 1953-1969
• History
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
• King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968
• Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis -- Histoire
• Noirs américains -- Droits | Histoire
• Noirs américains -- Histoire
• Noirs américains -- Suffrage | Histoire
• Nonfiction films
• Nonfiction films
• Race discrimination
• Race discrimination -- United States -- History
• United States
• United States -- History -- 1953-1961
• United States -- History -- 1961-1969
• Videos (dvd)
• États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1953-1961
• États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1961-1969
• Films autres que de fiction
• African American civil rights workers
• African American civil rights workers -- History
• African Americans
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• African Americans -- Civil rights | History
• African Americans -- History
• African Americans -- Suffrage
• African Americans -- Suffrage | History
• Civil rights movements
• Civil rights movements -- United States -- History
• Documentaires
• Documentary films
• Documentary films
• Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains -- Histoire
• Feature films
• Feature films

Genre

• Nonfiction films
• Videos (dvd)
• History
• Films autres que de fiction
• Feature films
• Documentary films
• Documentaires

Language

eng

Summary

The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970

Related

• An evening in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Awards note

National Film Registry selection, 1999.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editors, John Carter, Lora Hays ; music selected by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson

PerformerNote

With: Martin Luther King, Jr. ; guest appearances by Ruby Dee, Joanne Woodward, James Earl Jones, Paul Newman, Clarence Williams III, Harry Belafonte, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn

Runtime

181

Technique

live action