Hommage an Martin Luther King

"If we do not learn to live together as brothers, we will perish together as fools." A good 50 years after his murder on April 4, 1968, the words of the charismatic preacher and leader of the black American civil rights movement are of renewed explosive urgency. With his epoch-defining non-violent struggle for justice and humanity, Martin Luther King continues to inspire people all over the world in their hope and commitment to solidary and peaceful coexistence.

This "Homage to Martin Luther King" brings a dramatic piece of contemporary history to life in words and gospel music. A long way leads from King's political beginnings with the bus boycott in Montgomery to his world-famous speech "I Have a Dream" and the Nobel Peace Prize. The fatal shots fired at John F. Kennedy foreshadow his own violent end. But undeterred, Martin Luther King fights for his vision of justice and love.