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Cinema Club Film Fridays 'King In The Wilderness'

Friday, February 21, 2025 at 4 PM

Carlsbad Dove Library

All Ages

Free

"King: In the Wilderness" documentary (2018, TV-14, 1h 51m)

Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. at the Carlsbad Dove Library

In honor of Black History Month this February, we are proud to present a documentary that explores the final months of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life. Dr. King's legacy is deeply woven into the fabric of American history over the past 70 years. This film provides an intimate look at his last months, marked by personal struggle and doubt, as he and his closest advisors wrestled with the belief that his role as a leading advocate for change had come to an end.

"King in the Wilderness" chronicles the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. While the Black Power movement saw his nonviolence as weakness, and President Lyndon B. Johnson saw his anti-Vietnam War speeches as irresponsible, Dr. King’s unyielding belief in peaceful protest became a testing point for a nation on the brink of chaos.

Carlsbad Dove Library

1775 Dove Lane

Carlsbad , California 92011

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