Black Film Center/Archive

An Amazing Grace (1978) - Broadcast on public affairs program "Like It Is," this documentary profiles Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., eminent leader of the Montgomery Boycott movement which gave birth to other anti-racial movements across the U.S. Before his assassination in 1968, King organized people to act to achieve racial integration in interstate travel and public accommodations. 60 minutes, 16mm/VHS.

Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1993) - An investigative report of assassination, the documentary includes interviews with people who were with Martin Luther King during his last hours. 90 minutes, VHS.

Citizen King (2004) - This documentary examining the last five years of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., is part of the PBS American Experience program series that highlights contributions made by notable members of society. 115 minutes, DVD.

Great Americans: Martin Luther King, Jr. (1982) - The career of Martin Luther King, from the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama and his teachings of non-violent protest, to the years of sit-ins, voter registration drives, and freedom rides are documented in this film. Included are interviews with friends and family of King, including his widow, Coretta Scott King. (2nd Edition) 24 minutes, 16mm.

King: Montgomery to Memphis (1970) - The biography of a movement from the Montgomery bus boycott to the assassination of Dr. King. Nothing is contrived and no narrator imposes comments. Newsreel and television footage reveal the civil rights campaigns as they actually happened (1955-1968). Songs by Mahalia Jackson, Odetta, and Nina Simone. 103 minutes, VHS.

Legacy of a Dream (1970) - Narrated by James Earl Jones, the film conveys the drama and historical perspective of the 1950s and 1960s and shows the influence of those events on today. Earlier voter registration campaigns are contrasted to recent elections of Black mayors, officials and congressmen. Blue Ribbon Award American Film Festival, New York (citizenship category); First Prize Gold Medal and Special Jury award, Atlanta Film Festival. 29 minutes, 16mm/3/4" U-Matic/VHS.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter From Birmingham Jail (1988) - Frantz Turner plays Martin Luther King, Jr. in this film that mixes news footage with dramatization to show King's arrest in Birmingham, Alabama, for defying a court order banning public demonstrations. The letter that he wrote while in jail became one of the fundamental arguments behind the civil rights movement. 25 minutes, 16mm.

Martin Luther King: "I Have a Dream" (1986) - King delivers his powerful, "I Have A Dream" speech to 200,000 civil rights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in August of 1963. 25 minutes, VHS.

Martin Luther King: The Man and the March (1968) - Records the history of the late Dr. Martin Luther King's "Poor People's March." Shows him conferring with aides, traveling to solicit support and developing the operational details of the march held in Washington D.C. 84 minutes, 16mm.

Selma, Lord, Selma (1999) - This made-for-television movie is based on the memories of two little girls who experienced the infamous Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, during the tumultuous American civil rights movement of the 1960s. 88 minutes, DVD.