Free Film Series - MLK / FBI

The Disturbing Story Behind the FBI's Surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK / FBI A documentary about what a former FBI agent calls the darkest part of their agency's history, the film features recently declassified files to unearth how the agency branded and targeted Martin Luther King Jr. as an enemy of the state in the '60s, at the time when the assassinated reverend was beginning to rise to national fame and influence as a leader of the civil rights movement.

Rating: PG

Film Runtime: 104 minutes

Studio: IFC Films

Pictures Director: Sam Pollard

Cast: J. Edgar Hoover, David Garrow, Martin Luther King Jr.