Our Friend, Martin

'Our Friend, Martin' was a 1999 direct-to-VHS (and later direct-to-DVD) animated film about the life of Martin Luther King, told via the use of a time-travel plot device. A young boy finds a former pocket watch of Dr. King's, which somehow enables him to visit Dr. King in his youth, as well as see what the world would be like without Dr. King's efforts. The tone of this film feels much like an episode of 'Captain Planet,' for better or worse, but a nice effort. The film's noteworthy for recruiting an all-star spate of voice actors, including LeVar Burton (as 26-year-old Dr. King), Oprah Winfrey (as Coretta Scott King), Ed Asner, Frank Welker (as Bull Connor), Jess Harnell (Wakko from â??Animaniacs,â? in a few miscellaneous roles), Jaleel White (as the teenaged Dr. King), and Dexter Scott King (Dr. Kingâ??s son, playing his father in 30s).

Our Friend, Martin is about a group of kids who time travel back to watch Martin Luther King Jr. evolve into his leadership role in the American civil rights movement

Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points of his life.

While he faced opposition from every angle ranging from the federal government to other Blacks who felt he was causing more harm than good ultimately Dr. King's work left such an impression on history a day was named as a federal holiday in his honor by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, and began being nationally observed from 1986. To learn more about Dr. Kingâ??s and his work, check out these films painting the picture of the man behind the holiday.

The case of the 1999 animated home video "Our Friend, Martin" includes Edward Asner as the voice of Mr. Harris, Angela Bassett as the voice of Miles' Mom, Lucas Black as the voice of Randy, Theodore Borders as 12-year-old Martin, and LeVar Burton as 26-year-old Martin. Other cast members include Danny Glover as the train conductor, Whoopi Goldberg as Mrs. Peck, Samuel L. Jackson as Turner, James Earl Jones as Daddy King and Ashley Judd as Mrs. Dale.

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Directed by Robert Brousseau, Vincenzo Trippetti. With Edward Asner, Angela Bassett, Lucas Black, Theodore Borders. This is the story of a black teenager named Miles, who has to go on a class field trip to the museum of learning what Martin Luther King Jr. did for humanity, he thinks that he'd rather play baseball. But the trip turns into an exciting adventure when he and his best friend, Randy, who's white, are sent back in time meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at several points during his life.

Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American civil rights movement. Two friends travel through time, meeting Dr. King at several points during his life. It featured an all-star voice cast and was nominated for an Emmy award in 1999 for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming More Than One Hour). It was also the final release under the CBS/Fox Video name.