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2004

Citizen King

Directed by Noland Walker

Documentary about the final five, turbulent years in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King. The story begins at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, when a 34-year-old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism and comes to a bloody end five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis. King has since become a mythic figure, an activist whose works and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history. (Storyville)

Duration

2h

Released

January 1, 2004

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7.8

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  • Taylor Branch
  • David Halberstam
  • Andrew Young
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

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