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Post by topbilled on Jan 2, 2023 15:51:43 GMT
Any good documentaries on Dr. King worth checking out?
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One thing I have to admit is that it used to annoy me when TCM would schedule a lot of Sidney Poitier films on Dr. King's birthday...sometimes they still do this...as a result, it almost becomes Sidney Poitier Day instead of recognizing Dr. King and the work he did.
Don't get me wrong, I think there's a place for Poitier's films, even one or two of them on MLK day...but I do believe that a broader survey of African Americans on screen is needed to properly give tribute to King's legacy.
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Post by BingFan on Jan 3, 2023 22:03:43 GMT
I’d be interested in seeing a good MLK documentary, too. I don’t know of one offhand, but I’d guess that there’s at least one out there.
I also agree about turning MLK Day into “Sidney Poitier Day.” Mr. Poitier certainly deserves ample recognition for his many compelling performances (and for what he stood for in our society), but it’s not the same as recognizing Dr. King directly.
This year, it looks like MLK Day will be celebrated on TCM with a broader array of interesting movies featuring Black casts and, in some cases, Black directors. Poitier is there, too, but it’s not his day exclusively. I’d like the schedule even more if there were a documentary about MLK himself, but it looks like a good lineup nonetheless.
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Post by dianedebuda on Jan 4, 2023 13:46:39 GMT
First thought after seeing thread title: probably not The Birth of a Nation (1915).
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Post by topbilled on Jan 5, 2023 15:55:11 GMT
I’d be interested in seeing a good MLK documentary, too. I don’t know of one offhand, but I’d guess that there’s at least one out there.
I also agree about turning MLK Day into “Sidney Poitier Day.” Mr. Poitier certainly deserves ample recognition for his many compelling performances (and for what he stood for in our society), but it’s not the same as recognizing Dr. King directly.
This year, it looks like MLK Day will be celebrated on TCM with a broader array of interesting movies featuring Black casts and, in some cases, Black directors. Poitier is there, too, but it’s not his day exclusively. I’d like the schedule even more if there were a documentary about MLK himself, but it looks like a good lineup nonetheless. Thanks. This is TCM's schedule for Monday January 16:6:00 A.M. THE BLOOD OF JESUS (1941) 7:00 A.M. THE EMPEROR JONES (1933) 8:30 A.M. WITHIN OUR GATES (1920) 10:00 A.M. OSCAR MICHEAUX: THE SUPERHERO OF BLACK FILMMAKING (2021) 11:30 A.M. SOUNDER (1972) 1:30 P.M. BRIGHT ROAD (1953) 2:45 P.M. GORDON PARKS: MOMENTS WITHOUT PROPER NAMES (1988) 4:00 P.M. THE LEARNING TREE (1969) 6:00 P.M. FREEDOM ON MY MIND (1994) 8:00 P.M. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN (1974) 10:00 P.M. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) 12:00 A.M. COOLEY HIGH (1975) 2:00 A.M. BLACK GIRL (1972) 4:00 A.M. BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS (1984)
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Post by ando on Jan 6, 2023 2:02:18 GMT
Any good documentaries on Dr. King worth checking out?
King: A Filmed Record (1969) Sidney Lumet and Joseph Mankiewicz are among the uncredited directors. Free on Hoopla (just need a library card).
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Post by topbilled on Jan 6, 2023 2:47:14 GMT
Any good documentaries on Dr. King worth checking out?
King: A Filmed Record (1969) Sidney Lumet and Joseph Mankiewicz are among the uncredited directors. Free on Hoopla (just need a library card). Thank you for the info.
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Post by Newbie on Jan 6, 2023 19:31:23 GMT
Selma (2014) directed by former Essential co-host Ava DuVernay.
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Post by ando on Jan 10, 2023 4:31:23 GMT
Sometimes to get the measure of someone you just want to see what he or she is like in a good sit-down conversation. This one between King and David Susskind from February 1963 is a good example.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 10, 2023 15:34:32 GMT
Thanks everyone for your comments on this thread.
This has inspired me to work on ideas for a tribute to African American directors in February, when it is Black History month.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 12, 2023 14:41:28 GMT
Sometimes to get the measure of someone you just want to see what he or she is like in a good sit-down conversation. This one between King and David Susskind from February 1963 is a good example. People of good will,
Please watch this conversation in it's entirety. Take the measure of yourself and not just MLK. It is profoundly revealing and informative. 37:45 It has been reported very recently that you no longer fear the KKK or the White Citizen's Council as much as you have begun to fear the white moderate that he is the bone in the throat of negro progress.
ando, this is incredibly valuable. Thank you for posting. It is more important than any film or documentary I have ever seen. It is painfully ironic you posted the copy from Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media. When I checked PBS & TUBI and even the The Paley Center, the links weren't detailed or there at all. From the notes section of the INN website: On June 9, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the special guest on a national television talk show hosted by David Susskind. Susskind risked his life and career by conducting this wide-ranging interview with Dr. King. Among the subjects discussed were: The state of the American Civil Rights Movement and the church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama; and, Dr. King's disappointment at the speed at which the Kennedy Administration was moving regarding Civil Rights legislation. The interview so rattled the White House that President Kennedy responded by going on national television to defend his Administration's positions and to outline his push for what would later become the Civil and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965. Despite its historical importance, this 1963 interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been seemingly lost to the sands of time. However, it has been unearthed and restored by The Paley Center, and can now be presented again, in full. On that Sunday night in June, WPIX-TV (NY) cleared this extraordinary interview between Susskind (host of 'Open End') and the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 'Open End' had recently been removed from the schedule of WNEW-TV because of the station's management reluctance to air discussions regarding race relations in America. WPIX picked up the ball, and the rest, as they say, became history. 3 months later
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 12, 2023 15:58:05 GMT
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 12, 2023 16:06:20 GMT
A few more items of interest... HOLLYWOOD & TELEVISION Color Adjustment (1992)
Marlon Riggs' study of how network television absorbed deep-seated racial conflict into the non-threatening formats of primetime television. Clips from Amos 'n' Andy, Good Times, Roots and The Cosby Show among others are intercut with interviews with producers, cultural critics and actors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJXtl6b2VJM (Trailer) Black Hollywood (1984)www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9YrIGV_G0sShot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies. In an action-packed showcase of clips and interviews, Diahnne Abbott, Rosalind Cash and Alfre Woodard talk about negative stereotyping. Jim Brown, Vonetta McGee and D'Urville Martin come up with alternative solutions to the one-way-street that was "blaxploitation" and discuss new ways of advancing an independent black cinema. There is a rare interview with Lorenzo Tucker, the Black Valentino, about his career with Oscar Micheaux. Joel Fluellen and Vincent Tubbs tell memorable stories of what life was like for the few blacks working in Hollywood in the 50s and 60s (including Dorothy Dandridge). There is a marvelous speech by Sidney Poitier on accepting the Black Hall of Fame "oscar". Griffiths' Birth Of A Nation is panned. Black Hollywood: They’ve Gotta Have Us (2018)TV Mini Series E01 · Legends and Pioneers E02 · Black Film Is Not a Genre E03 · Black Is the New Hollywood
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Post by ando on Jan 12, 2023 17:28:53 GMT
Sometimes to get the measure of someone you just want to see what he or she is like in a good sit-down conversation. This one between King and David Susskind from February 1963 is a good example. People of good will,
Please watch this conversation in it's entirety. Take the measure of yourself and not just MLK. It is profoundly revealing and informative. Well put. And thanks for all the additional information.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 12, 2023 17:44:16 GMT
Well put. And thanks for all the additional information. It was all your additional information really. I just happened to see it in the notes section on the full YouTube page as I popped your link out to download the interview. I still can't get over the sustenance. I didn't realize I was a starving man.
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