MLK/FBI is now available on demand!

The highly acclaimed film was a hit at the Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and DOC NYC, where Pollard received DOC NYC’s Visionaries Tribute Lifetime Achievement Award

“Suspenseful, visually engrossing and intellectually bracing. An exemplary historical documentary — unafraid of moral judgment but also attentive to the fine grain of ambiguity that clings to the facts.”
– A.O. Scott,The New York Times

“Eye-opening and jaw-dropping. Could not have arrived at a more pertinent moment.” –Rolling Stone

MLK/FBI is the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, utilizing a trove of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and unsealed by the National Archives, as well as revelatory restored footage, the documentary explores the government’s history of targeting Black activists, and the contested meaning behind some of our most cherished ideals. Featuring interviews with key cultural figures including former FBI Director James Comey and directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar®-nominee Sam Pollard, MLK/FBI tells this astonishing and tragic story with searing relevance to our current moment.

Season Runs through March 25, with Events on Producing, Editing, Funding and More, plus a Case Study on THE FIGHT, with Producer Kerry Washington And Directors Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres

This Winter’s PRO season includes includes ten weekly, 90-minute online classes on documentary production, cinematography, accessibility, funding, and distribution running January 14-March 25. See below for the season schedule.

Tickets for individual events in our Winter 2021 PRO Season are $25, or get a Season Pass, good for all 10 sessions, for $150. Sessions will be recorded and available to all ticket holders after the event!

DOC NYC PRO: Winter 2021 Season (all events start at 1:00pm ET)

• Thu Jan 14 – The Future of Festivals: Navigating Festivals in 2021
• Tue Jan 19 – Documenting the ACLU in The Fight: A Case Study
• Thu Jan 21 – In Real Time: Verité Cinematography for Docs
• Wed Jan 27 – Zoom & The Art of Pandemic Producing
• Thu Feb 4 – Locked Off: Getting the Doc Interview
• Thu Feb 11 – The Future of Doc Accessibility: Best Practices for Film Exhibition, Education and Beyond
• Thu Feb 25 – Bringing Your Doc to the World: Spotlight on International Sales
• Thu Mar 11 – Beyond Project Funding: Fellowships and Mentorship for Doc Makers
• Thu Mar 18 – Granted: Navigating Grant Funding for Docs
• Thu Mar 25 – Temperature Check: The Prognosis for Doc Distribution in 2021

All registrants can attend events live and/or in recorded format, and full event transcripts and resource materials are provided after each live session. Recordings are accessible indefinitely for all registrants.