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BBC filming in Alabama on King documentary

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MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA - A British broadcasting firm making a documentary about the life of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has begun filming in Alabama. <br> <br> Alabama Film Office executive director Brian Kurlander said the British Broadcasting Corporation is filming scenes in Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma. <br> <br> Andrew Williams, the film&#39;s producer and director, said the documentary will feature a great deal of historical footage surrounding King&#39;s life and also will focus on events that took place in private meetings that helped shape King&#39;s leadership style. <br> <br> In Montgomery, the Rev. Michael Thurman, pastor of King&#39;s former church on Dexter Avenue, said such films add to the reservoir of information about King and the civil rights era. <br> <br> The film is one in a series produced by the British Broadcasting Corp. that focus on leadership
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