Trailer Drop · Official Trailer · 12 November 2026
Netflix has released the official trailer for The Baddest Speechwriter of All, a documentary in which Dr Clarence B. Jones, lawyer and speechwriter to Martin Luther King Jr, looks back on the making of history. It arrives on Netflix on Monday 8 December 2026.
An Insider’s View of a Movement
Jones was at King’s side through some of the defining years of the Civil Rights Movement, helping to shape the words that went out to the world. In the new film he talks about the personal cost of that work, and about the surprising truths behind speeches that have since passed into history.
The trailer draws on archive of King, of the marches, and of Jones himself, now looking back as an older man.
Film at a Glance
- Film: The Baddest Speechwriter of All (2026)
- Video: Official Trailer (Netflix)
- Genre: Documentary
- Subject: Dr Clarence B. Jones, lawyer and speechwriter to Martin Luther King Jr
- Release: Netflix, Monday 8 December 2026
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