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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

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King: a Filmed Record...Montgomery To Memphis is a 1970 documentary film which tells the life story of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.. It contains several celebrity narrators, including Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones, Clarence Williams III, Burt Lancaster, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marlon Brando and Paul Winfield.

The movie was directed by Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Features and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry..