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The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306

American film

The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
Directed byAdam Pertofsky
Produced byMargaret Hyde

Production
company

Rock Paper Scissors

Distributed byNational Civil Rights Museum
HBO

Running time

32 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 is a 2008 documentary short film created to honor the 40th annual remembrance of the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.

Directed by Adam Pertofsky, the film received a 2008 Oscar nomination in the "Best Documentary Short Subject" Category at the 81st Academy Awards.

Description

Directed by filmmaker Adam Pertofsky and produced by Margaret Hyde, the 32-minute film describes the weeks and days leading up to King's return in 1968 to assist sanitation workers striking in Memphis, Tennessee.

On April 4, as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel outside of Room 306 greeting visitors bel Samuel Billy Kyles, Witness to King’s Last Moments, Dies at 81 VOSI