directed by: Sam Pollard, year: 2020
actors: Martin Luther King Jr., J. Edgar Hoover

MLK/FBI is a documentary by Sam Pollard that re-examines the FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights era. Drawing on declassified files, archival footage, and expert interviews, the film shows how agents sought to undermine King and the movement through harassment and COINTELPRO tactics. It contextualizes the tension between federal power and nonviolent resistance, offering a provocative reassessment of a pivotal era in American history.

Protests, Documentary, Historical, Civil Rights, Investigative