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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

Sam Pollard on what “MLK/FBI” can teach us about the Capitol riots

Sam Pollard on what “MLK/FBI” can teach us about the Capitol riots

By Andrea Thompson

Based on newly declassified files, the documentary MLK/FBI (now out on demand) tells the story of how the FBI didn’t just monitor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s every move during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, but actively harassed him and tried to sabotage his work.

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