King: Montgomery to Memphis

Alternative title
Montgomery to Memphis
Synopsis
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 campaigns as they actually happened.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film; Video
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production
1970
Uses
First-year American studies degree: introduction to American society - as one of a series of films showing different forms of political activity. Best used with a back-up of reading and lectures relevant to the period.*
Subjects
History; Sociology
Keywords
biographies; civil rights movements; King, Martin Luther; United States of America

Credits

Director
Ely Landau
Producer
Ely Landau; Richard Kaplan
Cast
Harry Belafonte 
James Earl Jones 
Joanne Woodward 
Martin Luther King 
Paul Newman 

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£50.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
103 minutes
Year
2012

Type
Film
Format
16mm

Type
VHS
Format
PAL
Price
£20.00 (hire) £50.00 (sale)
Availability
Sale Hire
Duration/Size
103 minutes
Year
2012

Production Company

Name

Guidance Associates

Name

Martin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change Inc

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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