Short film
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
2026 · 29 min
An intimate, reflective sit-down that lets a witness to history speak slowly and personally, quietly moving without spectacle.
- Directed by
- Ben Proudfoot, Stephen Curry
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Clarence B. Jones
- Overview
- Now 93, Martin Luther King Jr.'s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history, offering an intimate insider's view of the Civil Rights Movement.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Race, justice, memory, politics
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Ben Proudfoot, Stephen Curry
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Clarence B. Jones
