MVD Entertainment Group has time capsule episodes of
vintage David Susskind interviews ready for DVD beginning on Dec. 17 with the
release of David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
The nearly two-hour session first aired on June 9,
1963, and now in conjunction with The Paley Center, it has been restored for
DVD. Unseen since its original
broadcast, nothing was off limits as the conversation between King and Susskind
covered hot button issues of the time, ranging from the current state of the
civil right movement to racial issues, including criticism of the Kennedy
Administration over the speed in which legislation was moving forward.
Shifting to the New Year, MVD Entertainment Group
has the next two DVD releases in the series.
Streeting on Jan. 21 is probably the most controversial Susskind
interview session ever broad, the Oct. 9, 1960 broadcast of David
Susskind Archive: Interview With Nikita Khrushchev. This was an “Open End” broadcast, which
meant that there was no time limit … the pair continued discussing issues of
the day for nearly two hours on live television. Also included with this DVD presentation is
the panel discussion that followed.
Also heading to DVD on Jan. 21 is the February of
1979 session, David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All. Unseen in its entirety since its original
broadcast, Susskind and Capote cover quite a bit of ground in looking at contemporary
culture, including famous (or perhaps, infamous) events from Capote’s life.
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