Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on January 16th. It is important to remember that he is more than a civil rights activist but a man of faith, a loving husband, and a strategic visionary.
If your way of commemorating Martin Luther is through movies, no worries. Here is a list of MLK Movies to get you packed.
MLK Movies
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett (Actors)
Malcolm X
Filmmaker Spike Lee, star Denzel Washington and other talents vividly portray the life and times of the visionary leader.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Al Sharpton, Van Jones (Actors)
I Am MLK Jr.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Martin Luther King, Jr., J. Edgar Hoover (Actors)
MLK/FBI
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee (Actors)
King: A Filmed Record – Montgomery to Memphis
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr (Actor)
One Night in Miami
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Carter (Actors)
In Remembrance of Martin
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Clifford Alexander, Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte (Actors)
King in the Wilderness
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Tom Jennings (Director) - Tom Jennings (Producer)
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Universal Music Group (Director) - Shem Bitterman (Writer) - Yves Simoneau (Producer)
Betty and Coretta
Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz develop a friendship after the tragic deaths of their husbands; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and through their strength and dignity they carried on the civil rights movement becoming role models for millions of women all over the world.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey (Actors)
The Butler
Forest Whitaker leads an all-star cast as a White House butler who served eight presidents while the civil rights movement and other major events affect his life, family, and society.
Boycott
Jeffrey Wright stars as the young Martin Luther King Jr. in this powerful film that recreates the start of the Civil Rights movement.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Arthur Burghardt (Actors)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: A Historical Perspective
This documentary brings out the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his importance to the conquest of rights for African Americans in the US in the 50s and 60s.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Loyd Jowers, Jesse Jackson, Mark Lane (Actors)
MLK: The Conspiracies
1968. April 4th. The life of the most influential voice of social justice was ended. He transcended racial barriers, serving as the spokesman for nonviolence during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- John Allen Shaw, Bill Johnson, Paul Mauriello (Actors)
Coming For The King
Coming for the King is a fictional account of the events and the people that surrounded Martin Luther King Jr. from early 1963 until his untimely demise in the Spring of 1968.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Dick Cavett (Actors)
I Am Not Your Negro
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