Jan 23, 2013 10:55 AM
There was no ego. On screen or off, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the same man, according to North Haven filmmaker George Silano—he was humble, present, patient.
After filming television producer Arnold Michaelis’s weeklong interview with Dr. King at his Atlanta home in December 1965, a 35-year-old Mr. Silano packed up his camera equipment and put away a film that, unknowingly, he wouldn’t see again for 47 years.
Mr. Silano was a freelance cinematographer who had been hired to film Dr. King’s interview with Mr. Michaelis, who was a television producer and host who interviewed celebrities and politicians over the course of his career. For four decades, Mr. Michaelis worked on a collection of interviews called “The Living History,” and intended to sell the material to television networks. According to Mr.... more
After filming television producer Arnold Michaelis’s weeklong interview with Dr. King at his Atlanta home in December 1965, a 35-year-old Mr. Silano packed up his camera equipment and put away a film that, unknowingly, he wouldn’t see again for 47 years.
Mr. Silano was a freelance cinematographer who had been hired to film Dr. King’s interview with Mr. Michaelis, who was a television producer and host who interviewed celebrities and politicians over the course of his career. For four decades, Mr. Michaelis worked on a collection of interviews called “The Living History,” and intended to sell the material to television networks. According to Mr.... more
