LBJ
This is a montage of different images from the JFK, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triumphs and assassinations, all three events being observed by Lyndon Johnson as the dark figure who is plotting the anti-black rights movement.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Santiago Álvarez
Actors: Kwame Ture, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr.
Sans Soleil
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