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March, The (2013)

Director

John Akomfrah

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

John Akomfrah’s film tells the story of the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a watershed moment for the American civil rights movement which brought together a coalition of civil...

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Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement (1996 Video)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

out of distributon, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1996 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the career of Martin Luther King Jr and the American civil rights movement, through historical events from King’s birth in 1929 through various non-violent protest movements and subsequent arrests,...

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All Change at Newry (1968 Film)

Producer

Charles Nairn; Michael Ryan; Russell Spurr

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Investigates the collapse of the non-violent civil rights campaign in Northern Ireland, and shows how the movement was discredited by violent attacks on police vehicles during a demonstration in Newry.

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Berkeley in the Sixties (2007)

Director

Mark Kirchelle

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 117 minutes), £15.99

Tells the story of a small group of students at the University of California in Berkeley in the 1960s who challenged the establishment and changed the face of America. What started as an interest in politics...

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Martin Luther King Jr (1981 Video)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Three of Dr King’s closest friends, plus his widow Coretta King, assess his leadership in the civil rights movement. Uses documentary footage and photographs to traces Dr King’s non-violent protest and...

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Martin Luther King: An Amazing Grace (1991 Video)

aka: Amazing Grace, An

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b/w. 60 min., 1997 sale: £19.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

The only documentary about Dr Martin Luther King Jr produced by African-Americans, it chronicles the American civil rights movemenet of the 1950s and 1960ss and examines King’s role in its events.

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Ku Klux Klan (1965 Film)

Producer

David Webster

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Investigation by David Dimbleby of the Ku Klux Klan, its historical background and development, and its contemporary attitudes and activities following the killings of civil rights workers in 1964. Includes...

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Legacy 3 of a Dream (1975 Film)

Director

R Kaplan

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Takes a retrospective look at aspects of the civil rights movement in the USA in the 1960s. The second part of the film shows the growing political power of the black community personified by Congressman...

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King: Montgomery to Memphis (1970 Film, Video)

aka: Montgomery to Memphis

Director

Ely Landau

Producer

Richard Kaplan; Ely Landau

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £50.00

Documents the activities of Dr Martin Luther King Jr in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s and discusses his philosophy of non-violence. Newsreel and television footage recall the civil rights...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz; Sidney Lumet

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 185 minutes), $349.00

This landmark documentary chronicles the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in...

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