What to watch and stream in honor of MLK Day
12.01.2024 - 22:47
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Oscar-nominated movie directed by Ava DuVernay follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches.
The cast is rounded out by Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper, Stephan James as John Lewis and Wendell Pierce as Hosea Williams. Where to watch: Paramount+, Prime VideoThis 1989 Spike Lee modern classic isn’t about MLK, but it is about racial tension in a Brooklyn neighborhood, which connects to his work. Lee and Samuel L.
Jackson star alongside Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. Where to watch: Peacock A 2016 biographical drama that follows Lydon B. Johnson (Bryan Cranston); while the movie centers around his presidency as a whole, a major part of it focuses on LBJ working on the Voting Rights Act with Martin Luther King Jr.
(Anthony Mackie). Where to watch: Max Trevor Noah’s new Netflix comedy special follows the former “The Daily Show” host as he riffs on America’s place in the world, race and related topics. Where to watch: NetflixThis historical miniseries produced by “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan follows Bass Reeves (David Oyelowo), the first African-American deputy U.
Marshal West of the Mississippi River. Co-starring Dennis Quaid and Donald Sutherland. Where to watch: Paramount+ An underrated historical sci-fi drama that arrived in 2022.
Based on the Octavia Butler book of the same name, the plot follows Dana (Mallori Johnson), a young black woman living in the modern day, who is in an interracial relationship with Kevin (Micah Stock). Somehow, she ends up traveling back in time to the past, to a 19th century plantation in Maryland. Where to watch: HuluThis 2016 movie is about Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred Loving
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