Genius Season 4 Premiere On Nat Geo


Genius: MLK/X


Genius Premiere Date/Status

Genius SEASON 4 Renewed On Nat Geo

Genius Season 4 ReleaseFebruary 1, 2024

About Genius TV Series

In a first for the Emmy Award-winning anthology series, the eight-part series will focus on two iconic geniuses - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X - and how their dueling philosophies helped usher America through the Civil Rights Movement.

Genius: MLK/X follows both King and X from their formative years, where they were molded by strong fathers and traumatic injustices, to their rich, parallel stories as they shaped their identities and became the change they wished to see in the world. Influenced as children by different upbringings and experiences: King by the Jim Crow-era South and life in the church before finding his voice at Morehouse and Boston University, and X growing up under the constant, deadly violence of the Klan and falling into a life of vice and incarceration where he was introduced to the Nation of Islam and found his voice. The two visionaries ultimately rose to pioneer a movement.

The series offers a deeper look into untapped moments in their lives as husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, taking them off the iconic T-shirts to show their humanity. GENIUS: MLK/X brings their wives, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, who are often portrayed as peripheral figures, to the forefront and shows them as formidable equals of the Movement. Episodes will explore the moments between the monumental historical events we've come to know and shine a light on how each leader and those closest to them questioned their faith, resolve and decisions as they navigated the rigors of balancing a public persona with a private life. While King and X met only once and often challenged each other's views, neither would have been as successful without the other.

 

First episode date: April 25, 2017
Network: National Geographic
Show type: Bio-Series, Period Drama

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