Martin Luther King Jr.
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Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first pre...
Known For
Filmography
Martin Luther King Jr.: Enemies of the Dream
2026
as Self (archive footage)
America Who Are You?
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc.
2025
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Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (archive photo)
Zeitgeist: Requiem
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming King
2024
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America's Woman
2024
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The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Faye
2024
as Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) (as Martin Luther King)
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Universe
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Stand
2023
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Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
2023
Four Died Trying: Prologue
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Crow: The History of Africans in America
2023
Origin
2023
as Self (archive voice)
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
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La Californie !
2023
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Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Janes
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King: More Than One Dream
2022
A History of the World According to Getty Images
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Sammy by Sammy: My Tale of the 60's
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A History of Antisemitism
2022
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
The Century of Icons
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol's America
2022
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self - Activist (archive footage)
The Art of Dissent
2021
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
2021
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
2021
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This Is Pop
2021
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020
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Killing John F. Kennedy
2020
as Self (archive footage)
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2020
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Da 5 Bloods
2020
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MLK/FBI
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
2020
as Self (archive footage)
History 101
2020
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Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
2020
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
First Ladies
2020
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
2019
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Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Geek, and You Shall Find
2019
as Self (voice)
Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl
2019
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
England 79
2019
Hesburgh
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
as Self (archive footage)
I Am MLK Jr.
2018
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King in the Wilderness
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Corporate Coup D'État
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
2018
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Chasing Trane
2017
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
2017
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
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Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
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O.J.: Made in America
2016
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Andrew Cohen on Crisis and Its Outtakes
2016
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13th
2016
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Året var 1966
2016
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We Have A Dream
2016
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O.J.: Made in America
2016
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Great Literary Tour
2016
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Race for the White House
2016
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Imminent Threat
2015
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Klansville U.S.A.
2015
as Self (archive Footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
2015
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Leif GW Persson - Min klassresa
2015
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In Their Own Words
2015
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Freedom Summer
2014
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An American Ascent
2014
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Emancipation Road
2014
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
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Speeches That Shook the World
2013
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Året var 1963
2013
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
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High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Picture Me Rollin'
2012
as Self (voice)
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The House I Live In
2012
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethel
2012
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Infamous Assassinations
2012
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I Am
2012
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J. Edgar
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Invasion
2011
as archive footage
Mentiras verdaderas
2011
as Self (archive footage)
COINTELPRO 101
2010
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2012: Time for Change
2010
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roads to Memphis
2010
as Self (archive footage)
When You're Strange
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Stand
2009
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2009
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008
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Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
2008
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The Day the Troubles Began
2008
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The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
2008
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
as Self (archive footage)
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
2007
as Self (archive footage)
L'altra Dallas - Chi ha ucciso RFK?
2007
as Self (archive footage)
...So Goes the Nation
2006
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Bobby
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Never Lose Sight of Freedom
2006
Folk Britannia
2006
as Self (archival footage)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005
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Citizen King
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Corporation
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Days That Shook the World
2003
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Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Year That Trembled
2002
as Self (archive footage)
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Democracy Now!
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
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Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
1999
as Self (archive footage)
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
1997
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Blue Eyed
1996
as Self (archive footage)
All Power to the People!
1996
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Assassinations That Changed the World
1996
Nixon
1995
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Death Scenes 2
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
The Doors
1991
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
American Experience
1988
as Himself (archive footage)
Dispatches
1987
In Remembrance of Martin
1986
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Disasters of the Century
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Good Intentions
1985
as Self (Archival Footage)
First Tuesday
1983
The Killing of America
1981
as Self (archive footage)
The War at Home
1979
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1
1978
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective)
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Владыки без масок. Гарольд Хант - апостол «ультра»
1970
as Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King, Jr: From Montgomery to Memphis
1969
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LBJ
1968
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Martin Luther King at Newcastle University
1967
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
1967
as Himself
After Civil Rights... Black Power
1967
as Self
13 November 1967: Martin Luther King Interview
1967
Omnibus
1967
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Anno Domini MCMLXV
1966
as Self (archive footage)
The Bus
1965
The March
1964
as Self
Wealth of a Nation
1964
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Union and Freedom
1964
as Himself
David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
1963
as himself
I Have a Dream
1963
as Self
The Negro and the American Promise
1963
World in Action
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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Integration Report 1
1960
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The David Susskind Show
1959
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