The G.O.A.T.Oprah Winfrey has done it again! She has teamed up with HBO to bring to the public America: In the King Years, a 7-hour miniseries about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr based on Taylor Branch's celebrated book trilogy.
Harpo Films' Kate Forte says:
"This really is America in the King years, from 1954-68. Dr. King is the most dominant character, but there are so many other players who figure prominently. That includes his relationships with two presidents, JFK and Lyndon Johnson, his relationship with Coretta Scott King and his family, Bobby Kennedy, Stokely Carmichael and SNCC. This will cover the freedom rides, the Birmingham campaign, Selma, and the poor people's march on Washington that he was organizing when he was killed. It will be the seminal Civil Rights era film. We thought Robert’s work on The Pacific was incredible and he can hit the ground running."Producers of the film will begin shooting next year.
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