Who Killed Martin Luther King (1989)

(Revisited in 2008, see nfo)

Memphis. April 4 1968. One shot and the voice of America s most enduring symbol of non-violent struggle is silenced. A stunned nation is left to wonder why and how. Now for the first time on DVD Who Killed Martin Luther King? confronts these questions for a new generation of Americans. This award-winning documentary makes adroit use of archival footage and revealing interviews with convicted assassin James Earl Ray Martin Luther King III former FBI agents and intelligence experts deftly linking many disparate elements into a logical whole and forcing us to confront the shocking reality of a government gone wild.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803769/

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Martin-Luther-King/dp/B0011F1SH2