Movie: Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

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Martin Agronsky
Martin Agronsky

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Boyce
Joseph Boyce

Self

Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch

Self

David Brinkley
David Brinkley

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw

Self

Hodding Carter III
Hodding Carter III

Self

Courtland Cox
Courtland Cox

Self

Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Virgil Dominic
Virgil Dominic

Self (archive footage)

James Doyle
James Doyle

Self (archive footage)

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    A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s. From Selma to Charlottesville, we also see how modern activists use today's technology to continue fighting injustice today.

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    2018-03-24

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