The March (2013 film)
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The March (titled Martin Luther King and the March on Washington in the United Kingdom) is a documentary film directed by John Akomfrah and narrated by Denzel Washington. It is about the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - largely remembered for Martin Luther King's famous and iconic "I Have a Dream" speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.[1] It formed the centrepiece of a special week of programs and online events and activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March.[2]
The March | |
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Directed by | John Akomfrah |
Narrated by | Denzel Washington |
Composer | Tandis Jenhudson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Robert Redford Laura Michalchyshyn Krysanne Katsoolis |
Producers | David Lawson Lina Gopaul and Gina Belafonte |
Cinematography | Dewald Aukema |
Editor | Cliff West |
Production companies | Smoking Dogs Films Sundance Productions Wildwood Enterprises, Inc Cactus Three |
Original release | |
Network | PBS BBC Two |
Release | 27 August 2013 (2013-08-27) (PBS) 28 August 2013 (2013-08-28) (BBC Two) |
The film features interviews with some of the key people involved in the event: members of the inner circles of the core organizational groups such as Jack O'Dell, Clarence B. Jones, John Lewis, Julian Bond, Norman Hill, A. Philip Randolph and Andrew Young; Hollywood supporters and Civil Rights Movement campaigners including Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll and Sidney Poitier; performing artists at the March such as Joan Baez and Peter Yarrow; as well as John F. Kennedy administration official Harris Wofford; the CBS broadcaster who reported from the March, Roger Mudd; Clayborne Carson, the founding director of Stanford's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute and a participant in the March; as well as those who witnessed the march on TV and were influenced by it, including Oprah Winfrey.[3]