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Starring: Martin Luther King Jr., 
Directed By:
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1986
Studio: MPI Home Video
Format: Color,  DVD-Video,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

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"I have a dream today." On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King spoke these words as he addressed a crowd of more than 200,000 civil rights protesters gathered at The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Two months earlier, President John Kennedy had sent a civil rights bill to Congress, but it was struck down. Although Kennedy was concerned about the possibility of widespread violence during this protest, he realized he was powerless to stop it and embraced the movement instead. Known as the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," the country expected to hear King deliver strong words to his opponents. Instead, his "I Have a Dream" speech was one of heartfelt passion and poetic eloquence that still echoes in our memory.

Amazon.com
One of the greatest and most memorable moments in the civil rights movement occurred when 200,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Not only was the gathering of so many united people extraordinary, but that day Martin Luther King Jr. stood before the marchers and delivered his most eloquent and inspiring speech. This video offers the "I Have a Dream" speech in its entirety, as well as footage of the opposition the protesters faced, such as the fire hoses the police in Alabama used to disperse the crowds. The narrator explains that the hoses shot 700 pounds of pressure, enough to strip the bark off a tree. However, the grimness of this era is not the only focus in this video. Dr. King had so much hope and faith in the success of the civil rights movement, and the greatest demonstration of this is in the famous speech. He uses modern metaphors and poetry to get his message out clearly, as when he describes the capitol as having given blacks a check marked "insufficient funds," but he reminds us that they will refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt, that they will cash their check for riches of freedom and security of justice. Throughout the speech he emphasizes his mission: nonviolence as a method of overcoming ("Soul force against militant force") and the importance of walking together as a unified group, and never walking alone. Although the video ends with his death, it still leaves the viewer feeling uplifted with Robert Kennedy's memorial address, pleading with Americans to hold on to Dr. King's views and adopt them as their own. A concise video with one of the greatest speeches of our time. --Samantha Allen Storey

Customer Reviews for Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

MLK I have a dream
If you thought you could hear ML King's I Have a Dream speech, you are sadly mistaken. There are just a few sentences.Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

MLK Jnr. I have a dream
Its a very good movie,clear and memoriable; however;it was just too short and I had expectated a longer version, rather than just short clips.Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream
I felt short changed, expected all the events that lead up to the monumental speech, including Dr. King's speech that day. It's obvious the distributors of this video just wanted to make money. They really should be ashamed of themselves. Our children lose on this one.Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

If you are looking for the speech, then here it is!
I was looking for just the speech and found it. While the first few minutes are documentary style, it then moves into the speech and from what I understand it is the complete speech. We played it on MLK Day and it really moved a lot of people (again).Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

The Speech that Changed America
Set amidst the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech that changed the social dynamic of America. I Have A Dream, he repeated between refrains of equality and social justice. From that speech erupted a movement - his dream become their dream and now it's our dream and closer to reality than ever before.

I've heard the speech before, and I've read the speech, but seeing it in its setting was a challenge to our basic institutions. It was a challenge to Lincoln himself. A challenge in oration, a challenge in tone, and a challenge to change America more

Peter Jennings narrates the dvd and it incorporates raw footage from marches and protests and concludes with a tribute to the man, murdered for his beliefs. Three hundred thousand people stood before Dr. King that Summer day in 1963 but that's only a fraction of a fraction of those who have been touched by his powerful cadence. It's both poetry and sermon. I'm better for having watched it.

- CV Rick, February 2008Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream

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