FrameThrower · Actors · Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
2 films · 203 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2018
Born 15 January 1929 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA · died 4 April 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 203 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2018
- Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
- Congressional Gold Medal2004
- Humanitarian of the Year1984
- United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights1978
- Presidential Medal of Freedom1977
- Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding1966
- Margaret Sanger Awards1966
- Pacem in Terris Award1965
- Nobel Peace Prize1964
- Gandhi Peace Award1964
- Time Person of the Year1963
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1959
How their films are shot
Measured across 203 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Martin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 68% of their frames are day, 55% natural — the look of the work Martin takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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