'MLK/FBI' Explores A History Of Spying

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Thom Powers
Documentary of the Week | Nov 13, 2020

“MLK/FBI” returns us to a time when J. Edgar Hoover led a campaign of surveillance and harassment against Martin Luther King, Jr.

The film is being previewed online at the DOC NYC festival where filmmaker Sam Pollard is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

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