My Interview With Sam Pollard, Director of 'MLK/FBI'

Sam Pollard turned 18 just a few days before Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. A half-century later, he's made a movie about the man and his fight against J. Edgar Hoover. You can read our interview over at MEL.

Toronto 2020: 'MLK/FBI' Review

I imagine a lot of people will be angry after seeing MLK/FBI, which chronicles the agency's attempts to spy on Martin Luther King Jr. I found the documentary compelling, if also a bit dry. My review is live at Screen International.

'Selma' Review

For Deadspin, I reviewed Selma, which recounts Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1965 attempt to organize a peaceful march from Selma to Birmingham to raise awareness for voting equality. It's a strong, solid drama that has its shortcomings. But my review ponders whether such nitpicking matters in the face of American history: both 50 years ago and right now. You can read my piece here.

MLK

There's a news story out today, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, about how little people remember about the man's legacy.

"Everyone knows, even the smallest kid knows about Martin Luther King, can say his most famous moment was that 'I have a dream' speech," said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo.

"No one can go further than one sentence," he said. "All we know is that this guy had a dream, we don't know what that dream was."

In case anyone out there is wondering, here's that dream in its entirety.