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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

0.020181h 26m
DocumentaryTV Movie

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.

Directed by Rachel Dretzin

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Cast

Martin Agronsky

Martin Agronsky

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Boyce

Self

Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch

Self

David Brinkley

David Brinkley

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Self

Hodding Carter III

Self

Courtland Cox

Self

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

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