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Citizen King

2004 · 120 min

A sober, archival-driven chronicle that carries the weight of history, moving from hope to dread with quiet, accumulating sorrow.

Directed by: Noland Walker, Orlando Bagwell
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Taylor Branch, David Halberstam, Andrew Young

Overview: 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)

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Directed by: Noland Walker, Orlando Bagwell
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Taylor Branch, David Halberstam, Andrew Young

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
justice
politics
power
death
Places: big city
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Noland Walker, Orlando Bagwell
Written by: Noland Walker, Orlando Bagwell
Starring: Taylor Branch, David Halberstam, Andrew Young, Martin Luther King Jr.
Music: Camara Kambon
Cinematography: Michael Chin
Runtime: 120 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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