King in the Wilderness (2018)
When his dream for American became a nightmare
A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
- Date of release
- 2018-01-22
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Peter W. Kunhardt
Casting
- Martin Luther King Jr. — Self (archive footage)
- Joan Baez — Self
- Harry Belafonte — Self
- Clarence B. Jones — Self
- Bernard LaFayette Jr. — Self
- Andrew Young — Self
- C.T. Vivian — Self
- John Lewis — Self
- Cleveland Sellars — Self
- Joseph A. Califano, Jr. — Self
- Diane Nash — Self
- Dorothy Cotton — Self
Interesting facts
King in the Wilderness is an American documentary film about Martin Luther King Jr. that premiered on April 2, 2018, on HBO, focusing on the final two years of his life leading up to his assassination on April 4, 1968.
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