Forgoing the typical talking-head marathon, MLK/FBI uses a trove of old footage from TV shows, training videos, and newsreels to immerse viewers in the televisual world of the era. We see King’s rise juxtaposed with man-on-the-street interviews, in which ornery white folk opine that King is “bossy,” “thinks he’s too smart,” and is responsible for the riots that marred the civil rights movement. We also see how Hoover, who had twice the favorability ratings as King at the time, publicly calls King “the world’s most notorious liar” at the same time King wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and how that message lands with the public in the moment. … [Read more...] about The damning ‘MLK/FBI’ doc shows how poorly Martin Luther King Jr. was treated in his time
