Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

By Rachel Dretzin , Phil Bertelsen

DocumentaryTV Movie

2018 1h 26min

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Main Casting

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)

Ratings

IMDB

6.1

Technical team

Rachel Dretzin Directing

Phil Bertelsen Directing

Rachel Dretzin Producing

Nina Weinstein Producing

Phil Bertelsen Producing

Andrew Lack Executive Producing

Production