Social Inc, in collaboration with the Library, is hosting a Friday Film Recommendation Double Feature for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
All Mohawk College students can access these films for free through the Library catalogue and through PBS.
This week:
"MLK/FBI"
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as an American hero: a bridge-builder, a shrewd political tactician, and a moral leader. Yet throughout his history-altering political career, he was often treated by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies like an enemy of the state. In this virtuosic film, award-winning editor, and director Sam Pollard lays out a detailed account of the FBI surveillance that dogged King's activism throughout the '50s and '60s, fueled by the racist and red-baiting paranoia of J. Edgar Hoover. In crafting a rich archival tapestry, featuring some revelatory restored footage of King, Pollard urges us to remember that true American progress is always hard-won."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "MLK/FBI" here.
AND
"Free at Last – Martin Luther King, Jr."
"This Emmy Award-winning, cinema-verite film premiered in April 1968, within days of King's assassination. Produced by NET's Public Broadcasting Laboratory, it provides an insightful, behind-the-scenes portrait of the man and his mission – as Dr. King toured southern black communities, planning and organizing the Poor Peoples’ Campaign and March on Washington."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Free at Last – Martin Luther King, Jr." here.