Taylor Branch on ----King in the Wilderness,---- New HBO Doc on MLK's Final Years

Today, a preview of a powerful new film about the last three years in the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader who was assassinated 50 years ago next week, on April 4, 1968.The renowned historian Taylor Branch is an executive producer of the HBO documentary, King in the Wilderness, a compendium of reflections by King’s closest friends, interwoven with archival footage, about a period that was one of the most tumultuous in American history, and one of the most personally challenging and difficult for the iconic civil rights leader, as he struggled to confront racism, poverty and militarism, and the increasing danger to his own life. Taylor Branch joins Tom in Studio A to talk about the film, and its subject.King in the Wilderness will be screened tonight at 7pm the Parkway Theater. The film airs Monday April 2nd at 8pm on HBO.Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.