In the Hour of Chaos

In the Hour of Chaos is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Bayer Mack about the life and trials of the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. ("Daddy King"), father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

In the Hour of Chaos
Promotional release poster
Directed byBayer Mack
Produced byFrances Presley Rice
Bayer Mack
Victor Young
Hal Croasmun
Nanci Grady
Gabriell Debear Paye
Edited byBayer Mack
Distributed byBlock Starz Music Television
Release date
  • February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19) (GCUFF)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film's ensemble voice cast uses first-person narration sourced from autobiographies and biographies about Daddy King, family attorney Murray M. Silver and other King relatives and associates.[1][2]

Synopsis

Set against a backdrop of sociopolitical intrigue and anarchy spanning three generations of the King family, In the Hour of Chaos also goes behind-the-scenes of America's major domestic conflicts and takes a critical view of liberalism's effect on the black civil rights movement.

Cast

Release

In the Hour of Chaos was released on February 19, 2016 as part of a Black History Month event sponsored by the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF), which included writer/director Bayer Mack's debut film The Czar of Black Hollywood,[3] and premiered on public television on July 25, 2016.[4][5] The film was featured at San Francisco's de Young Museum as part of the Bay Area's "MLK Day of Revelations".[6]

Accolades

In the Hour of Chaos was an official documentary selection of the 2017 San Francisco Black Film Festival and named Runner Up.[7]

See also

References
  1. "In new era of turmoil, 'In Hour of Chaos' doc gives a timely look back at MLK Sr". Cambridge Day.
  2. "Daddy King's Story Told in New Documentary". The Huffington Post.
  3. "Black History Month Screening: The Czar of Black Hollywood". Facebook.
  4. "This Week on TV: The Life and Times of Reverend Martin Luther King, Senior". Cambridge Community Television.
  5. "WKTV presents documentary on civil rights movement". WKTV.
  6. ""In the Hour of Chaos: The Untold Story of Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.", Film Screening". deyoung.famsf.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  7. "San Francisco Black Film Festival >> June 15–18, 2017 >> In The Hour Of Chaos". SFBFF.org.


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