Today we celebrate Civil Rights Leader Doctor Martin Luther King. I can do no justice to Dr. King’s career with a sentence or two in an intro. Suffice it to say; King played the lead role in the 1950s and 60s helping African-Americans make a giant leap towards equal rights. King’s famous “I have a dream” speech is the stuff of legend. Martin Luther King not only led a movement but changed the course of history for an entire genre of humans.
In honor of Martin Luther King here are seven great films with civil rights as a unifying theme.
7. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner • 1967
Legendary actor Sidney Poitier unleashes one of cinema’s best performances in a movie about race relations from a slightly different perspective. Removed is the typical ignorant white people role for an open-minded, older, white couple who preach equality. But when their daughter comes home with a black financé, everyone must deal with the reality of not only equality but coexistence.
