King in the Wilderness

Name: King in the Wilderness
Uploaded: 2018
Duration: 1 h 50 min

20181h 50mHD★ 8.3Biography

Editor's Take

Concentrating on the final, turbulent months of Martin Luther King Jr, this HBO documentary picks up after the major civil rights laws and runs to his assassination at thirty-nine. It draws on those who knew him to portray a leader under strain, contending with poverty, war, and division inside his own movement. The film's aim is complication, replacing the settled icon with a more pressured and human figure.

King in the Wilderness examines the final turbulent months of Martin Luther King Jr, from the passage of civil rights laws to his assassination at thirty-nine. This HBO documentary draws on those who knew him to show a leader under enormous pressure, wrestling with poverty, war, and division within the movement. It reveals a more complex and weary King than the sanitised memory allows. Intimate and unflinching, it deepens our understanding of an American icon. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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