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Martin Luther King What If?
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History can raise as many intriguing questions as answers. The temptation to speculate is a powerful one. So we did.
Discovery has always been at the forefront of taking history broadcasting to new levels: using new techniques and radical ideas. Perhaps the most remarkable was What If Martin Luther King Had Become President?
What If pioneered a new genre, giving new life to history television. Clever techniques saw Luther King ‘age’ and also blurred fact and fiction: The interplay between genuine newsreel and reconstructed and imagined scenes provided a haunting and thought-provoking film that ignited massive debate.
- Martin Luther King’s assassination has become one of the great conspiracy theories. Ballistic tests – at the time, and using modern techniques are inconclusive, but provide enough tantalising unanswered questions to fuel ongoing speculation.
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