Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018 1h 26mDir. Rachel Dretzin
DocumentaryTV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast & Crew

Martin Agronsky

Martin Agronsky

Self (archive footage)

J

Joseph Boyce

Self

Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch

Self

David Brinkley

David Brinkley

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Self

H

Hodding Carter III

Self

C

Courtland Cox

Self

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

V

Virgil Dominic

Self (archive footage)

J

James Doyle

Self (archive footage)

B

Benjamin Fine

Self (archive footage)

D

David Garrow

Self

D

Dorothy Butler Gilliam

Self

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

Self

A

Aram Goudsouzian

Self

E

Ernest Green

Self

Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbel

Self

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Self

John Hart

John Hart

Self (archive footage)

Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes

Self

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