Sunday Review - Genius MLK/X. - Episode 1 (55 Minutes) & Episode 2 (52 Minutes)...From 8 Episodes

In a break with the normal Sunday Reviews i,m highlighting a very interesting series over the next month. This is the fourth edition of National Geographic’s “Genius” series which is essentially a two for one glimpse about the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. “Genius: MLK/X” collectively presents a richly detailed look back at the civil rights movement. It shows their path to progress in very different ways yet remain linked in our minds as their lives were both cut violently short a few years apart. After seasons devoted to Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and Aretha Franklin, this installment of “Genius” begins with King (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and X (Aaron Pierre) meeting briefly in Washington in 1964, during advocacy for the Civil Rights Act, and smartly expands its focus to devote ample attention to their respective wives, Coretta Scott King (Weruche Opia) and Betty Shabazz (Jayme Lawson). The opening episodes then jump back to their early lives from chilhood & goes about documenting what brought them to that point. I hope you will get an in depth insight as to how these iconic characters got to where they were as i learned so much about their lives from childhood that was previously unknown to me. It is a very entertaining and well acted series that i think/hope you will enjoy. Theres a great soundtrack to the series also.

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