<I>The Boy King </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1986
name: label: Directed by
content: Billy J. Parrott
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Martin Luther King Sr, American, 1899 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Written by
content: Rand Hopkins, American
label: Subject of
content: Howard E. Rollins Jr., American, 1950 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Candice Afia, American
label: Subject of
content: Walter Franks, American
label: Subject of
content: Fred Perrin
label: Subject of
content: Bree Shannon, American
label: Subject of
content: Tony Quinn, American
label: Subject of
content: Georgia Allen, American, 1919 - 2014
label: Translated by
content: Denise Burse Mickelbury, American, born 1952
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A biographical docudrama about Martin Luther King Jr. with the title The Boy King. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with bilateral variable area optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film dramatizes the life of young Martin Luther King Jr. (Fred Perron) and teenage Martin Luther King Jr. (Walter Franks) by focusing on his early encounters with bigotry and the role members of his family, especially his father, Martin Luther King Sr. (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) and grandmother (Georgia Allen), played in helping him become a starch opponent to racial segregation and a leader within the civil rights movement.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.9.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 32 min., 30 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 1000 ft