EXCLUSIVE: MSNBC has acquired Rachel Maddow ’s new documentary Andrew Young: The Dirty Work , a film about the legendary Civil Rights Movement leader who became a right-hand man to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and later emerged as a political force in his own right on the national and world stage.

We have your first look at the documentary in the exclusive trailer above. MSNBC host Maddow executive produces alongside a team including Phil Griffin and Rashida Jones. Andrew Young: The Dirty Work , directed by Matt Kay, will air on MSNBC on Friday, October 17 following a special edition that night of The Rachel Maddow Show , the news network’s flagship broadcast.

“ Andrew Young: The Dirty Work is an unprecedented behind-the-scenes story, exclusively told by Andrew Young,” notes

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