Most people in America are busy with the details of achieving
their goals and making their own place in the world. They have
little time for themselves and don't want to spend it on some
lost cause that most people don't care about. So it is with the
injustice of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Even
though most don't believe James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther
King Jr. or at least not by him-self, they also don't have the
time to try to figure it out. Some would say they just don't
care; so what's the use of making a movie of the story of my
investigation of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination?

What good will it do to have a full-length feature movie
presented throughout the nations theaters that explores this
matter when nobody has the time to care about it in today's
environment? This is a question that I have asked myself for
years; and continue to ask. Many believe very strongly that the
story needs to be told and it needs to be told in just such a
motion picture. Some believe that it is a story that has
historical importance and is best served by being written in
conjunction with a treatment of the civil rights movement and
presented in a non-fiction literary work. Still others tell me
that it should be a TV movie done in the tight commercial
presentation that is best suited for today's contemporary
television audience. Some would like to see it as a documentary
or docu-drama. There are also those that just don't care about
anything related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
and would rather everyone just quit talking about it.

If it is to be done in a film there are those that believe it
can only succeed if it is a big budget, major studio production
with the top producers, writers, and stars directed by the
hottest new director. Others believe it can only be done
independently with lesser-known talent and production entities.

There are also those who believe that the music is the key to
the success of the film. The song I wrote in 1977, "They Slew
the Dreamer" is now published by Sony Music. Sony has an
opportunity to bring a successful music project to bear via the
marketing of the movie. It's a little like which came first the
chicken or the egg, and so the question; which should come first
the music or the movie? The truth is, the music came first.

Of course to many, none of this should matter at all, a good
cover-up deserves to stay covered. Real conspiracies are never
to be known about; only conspiracies that cover up other
conspiracies have a right to reach the light of day. What the
people don't know can't hurt them, right? Only time will tell
whether or not the story of my investigation of the
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. is ever told. If it
isn't then maybe it's because it is too much of the truth and we
just can't 'handle the truth'.

About the author:
Born, June 29, 1949, in Florala, Alabama, United States of
America. Wrote songs and taught him-self guitar, formed Rock 'n
Roll band at 15. Graduated High School in June 1967, Holmes
County High School, Bonifay, Florida, USA. Served in U.S. Navy,
1967-1969 during Vietnam War Era. Story of his MLK Assassination
Investigation optioned by Producer-Director-Writer William
Sachs.

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