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Review: "Martin Luther King, Jr Was A Republican"
Jun 26, 2007 06:02PM
Review: "Martin Luther King, Jr Was A Republican"
Written by Charles Judson
Friday, 15 June 2007
MLK or MLM? Martin Luther King, Jr Was a Republican is a local documentary from Nate Perkins. As one can tell form the straight forward title the films premise is that King was a Republican.
This one hour film played at this year's Independent Black Film Festival and I was really hoping to delve into a serious exploration of King's politics and background.
The visceral reaction to any claims that MLK was a Republican by Black folk and liberals is that his Civil Rights record, anti-poverty crusade and approach to non-violent change makes MLK a poor fit within the Republican party. True or not, a documentary that forces one to truly question who King would ally with could add dimension to a man who has been distilled down into bumper-sticker aphorisms. It would also help expand a dialogue that has increasingly become mired in a 60s world view of liberal and conservative, with no room for nuance.
The movie starts strong, using a monologue from Harry Belafonte shot in b&w. Belafonte stares into the camera eloquently speaking of a man that "loves truth even more than he loves life, or his wife, or his children." "The kind of man that will do what he sees as justice even if the earth yawns and swallows him down." It's a bone chilling opening.
It's never revealed who the man Belafonte is talking about and if it is King, Belafonte's words are made more potent by never explicitly stating that. Just thinking about what Belafonte is saying and not who what he's saying is being applied to forces the viewer to really think about what qualities define a person. Qualities independent of party affiliation or political bent.
However, after that, the film immediately devolves into an infomercial touting Perkins' marketing savvy that intermittently mythologizes Perkins own conservative conversion. Apparently Atlanta has a genius amongst its midst, a man who has tapped into the internet's hidden power. According to the doc Perkins knows MLM (multi-level marketing) like no one's business.
Every ten minutes or so Perkins remembers that King is in the title and he'll include a picture of King or his family and a bit of dialogue. However he concerns himself more with making statements like "the democrats passed those Jim Crow laws" and "Republicans started the NAACP, Affirmative Action and the HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities."
That last statement is fraught with blatant inconsistencies, such as the fact that most HBCUs were started by churches and evangelical groups. And even if one accepts that the NAACP was founded by Republicans Perkins doesn't explain why in 2007 these two organizations frequently find themselves on opposite sides of issues.
If a documentary is this weak and devoid of useful dialogue, why review it?
You know what.
Now I'm not sure why even wasted the space or the time.
Charles Judson is a local screen & comic book writer and a regular contributor and film critic for CinemATL.
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Oct 15, 2006 11:48AM
Press Release: Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican Documentary Film. (56 min)
PRESS CONTACT:
Nathaniel “Nate” W. Perkins
Nate Perkins Enterprises, LLC
nateperkins@bellsouth
(Atlanta, GA) October 15, 2006 - CEO Nate Perkins “Delivers A Frightening Political Debates That Will Change Americans Moral Questions On Injustice.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican Documentary Film. (56 min) Watch Film Trailer: http://audience.withoutabox.com/users/mlkwasarepublican Check your local Film Festivals.
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS AND HANG ON FOR ONE STIMULATING MENTAL TRIP. NATE PERKINS IS NOT STOPPING FOR DIRECTIONS.” Documentary Film: Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican (56 min) Nate Perkins is the host of the IPTV show in Atlanta, Georgia. Board Member on United Voices For A Common Cause (UVCC) and the National Black Republican Association (NBRA). Author of 3 Excellent Novels entitled: “Googleonomics”, “Mrs. Coretta Scott King, In Remembrance Of” and “Nate Perkins Live” book with DVD.
…“I am mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for brotherhood, were answered with fire hoses, snarling dogs and even death”... I am mindful that only yesterday in Philadelphia, Mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered“…Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Acceptance Speech on the occasion of the award of the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE in Oslo, December 10, 1964.
Script: A Documentary on the Life of LTC Nathaniel “Nate” William Perkins, Retired, USA.
Pam: Dr. King was a real man.
Tina: You know. . He was a Republican.
Pam: Dr. King, a Republican? Really?
Tina: Democrats passed those Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan.
Pam: The Klan . . . White hoods and sheets?
Tina: Democrats fought ALL Civil Rights Legislation from the 1860’s to the 1960’s. Democrats released those vicious dogs and fire hoses on blacks. Pam: Seriously!
Tina: And the Dixiecrats? Remained Democrats and vowed to vote for a yellow dog, before a Republican. Republicans freed us from slavery and put our right to vote in the Constitution. Pam: What?
Tina: Republicans started the NAACP, affirmative action and the HBCU’s.
Pam: Democrats have bamboozled blacks.
Tina: Democrats blocked the minimum wage passed by Republicans. Over 200 billion dollars have been spent on education, healthcare and job training since President Bush took office.
Pam: So, Democrats want to keep us POOR and voting ONLY Democrat.
Tina: Democrats want us to accept same-sex marriages; teen abortions without a parent’s consent and suing the Boy Scouts for saying “God” in their pledge.
Pam: We NEED to THINK! and vote OUR own values.
Tina: Exactly… Democrats have talked the talk, but Republicans have walked the walk.
Pam: I hear ya girl. It time for us to “DO” the walk.
“BAN THE N-WORD”
Nate Perkins Enterprises, LLC (NPE) is an Internet Protocol TV company based in Atlanta, dedicated to the creation and production of original documentary films about contemporary moral history, social and political issues in America Neoconservatives Legacy. Founded in 2002 by LTC Nathaniel “Nate” William Perkins, Retired, USA.
Through its ITV shows, the Company aims to cultivate among its collaborators and audiences, the concept of ‘Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican” – a person who recognizes that sustaining a healthy community requires a creative vision of, and an imaginative participation in, active public dialogue. In order to meet this goal, NPE’s documentary film provides its community with an artistic forum in which to examine its political public affairs. The ultimate goal of this process is to stimulate public discourse.
The Company aims to extend its reach beyond America and has created documentaries about national and it founding father of Democracy and Neoconservatives issues. Regardless of the scope of its film, however, NPE will always embrace the belief that in documentary film’s live communications setting, Americans communities can recognize and absorb social conflicts in a profound and effective way.
Producer and Directed by Nathaniel “Nate” William Perkins. To order DVD please send check or money order $20.00 to Press Contact below.
PRESS CONTACT:
Nate Perkins Enterprises, LLC
nateperkins@bellsouth.net
www.nateperkinslive.com
770-331-4002
285 Centennial Olympic Park Drive
UNIT: 2302
Atlanta, GA 30313
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"However, after that, the film immediately devolves into an infomercial touting Perkins' marketing savvy that intermittently mythologizes Perkins own conservative conversion. Apparently Atlanta has a genius amongst its midst, a man who has tapped into the internet's hidden power. According to the doc Perkins knows MLM (multi-level marketing) like no one's business". --Charles Judson is a local screen & comic book writer and a regular contributor and film critic for CinemATL.
Jun 26, 2007 06:03PM
Review: "Martin Luther King, Jr Was A Republican"
Written by Charles Judson
Friday, 15 June 2007
MLK or MLM? Martin Luther King, Jr Was a Republican is a local documentary from Nate Perkins. As one can tell form the straight forward title the films premise is that King was a Republican.
This one hour film played at this year's Independent Black Film Festival and I was really hoping to delve into a serious exploration of King's politics and background.
The visceral reaction to any claims that MLK was a Republican by Black folk and liberals is that his Civil Rights record, anti-poverty crusade and approach to non-violent change makes MLK a poor fit within the Republican party. True or not, a documentary that forces one to truly question who King would ally with could add dimension to a man who has been distilled down into bumper-sticker aphorisms. It would also help expand a dialogue that has increasingly become mired in a 60s world view of liberal and conservative, with no room for nuance.
The movie starts strong, using a monologue from Harry Belafonte shot in b&w. Belafonte stares into the camera eloquently speaking of a man that "loves truth even more than he loves life, or his wife, or his children." "The kind of man that will do what he sees as justice even if the earth yawns and swallows him down." It's a bone chilling opening.
It's never revealed who the man Belafonte is talking about and if it is King, Belafonte's words are made more potent by never explicitly stating that. Just thinking about what Belafonte is saying and not who what he's saying is being applied to forces the viewer to really think about what qualities define a person. Qualities independent of party affiliation or political bent.
However, after that, the film immediately devolves into an infomercial touting Perkins' marketing savvy that intermittently mythologizes Perkins own conservative conversion. Apparently Atlanta has a genius amongst its midst, a man who has tapped into the internet's hidden power. According to the doc Perkins knows MLM (multi-level marketing) like no one's business.
Every ten minutes or so Perkins remembers that King is in the title and he'll include a picture of King or his family and a bit of dialogue. However he concerns himself more with making statements like "the democrats passed those Jim Crow laws" and "Republicans started the NAACP, Affirmative Action and the HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities."
That last statement is fraught with blatant inconsistencies, such as the fact that most HBCUs were started by churches and evangelical groups. And even if one accepts that the NAACP was founded by Republicans Perkins doesn't explain why in 2007 these two organizations frequently find themselves on opposite sides of issues.
If a documentary is this weak and devoid of useful dialogue, why review it?
You know what.
Now I'm not sure why even wasted the space or the time.
Charles Judson is a local screen & comic book writer and a regular contributor and film critic for CinemATL.
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Trailer: Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican
Order DVD: Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Republican Documentary Film. (56 min). Mrs. Coretta Scott King buried at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center in Atlanta, Georgia. And with our hearts open to this spirit of unconditional love, we can indeed achieve the Beloved Community of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King Dream. Carry the KING's Family forward his and her legacy into the 21st Century. A MUST "Buy" Now documentary film!
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