Calendar – Past Event

Monday, January 17, 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM -- Special Annual AFI FREE Event!  Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Celebration; KING: A FILMED RECORD...MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS.

A riveting compilation of documentary footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the Montgomery bus boycott to the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, from the dogs of Selma to the Nobel Prize and the fateful motel balcony in Memphis. With narration and commentary from Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Clarence Williams III and others. Co-directed and produced by Hollywood notables Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

DIR Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz; SCR/PROD Ely Landau and Richard Kaplan. US, 1970, b&w, 185 min. NOT RATED Tickets available at the AFI Silver box office on the day of show only, limit 4 tickets per person.