King in the Wilderness

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.

Documentary

Martin Luther King Jr.

(Self (archive footage))

Joan Baez

(Self)

Harry Belafonte

(Self)

Clarence Jones

(Self)

Bernard LaFayette Jr.

(Self)

Andrew Young

(Self)

C.T. Vivian

(Self)

John Lewis

(Self)

Cleveland Sellars

(Self)

Joseph Califano

(Self)

Diane Nash

(Self)

Dorothy Cotton

(Self)

Mary Lou

(Self)

Henry Mitchell

(Self (archive footage))

Jessie Jackson

(Self)

James Meredith

(Self)

Kwame Ture

(Self (archive footage))

Coretta Scott King

(Self (archive footage))

Arnold Michaels

(Self)

Robert F. Kennedy

(Self (archive footage))

Marian Wright Edelman

(Self)

Clifford Alexander

(Self)