When Faith Calls is a six-part documentary series that explores how faith shaped the life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Featuring rare archival footage and testimony from civil rights veterans, interfaith leaders, scholars, activists, and members of the King family, When Faith Calls examines the spiritual foundations that informed Dr. King's public leadership. The series traces King's journey from his early formation in the Black church and the tradition of the Social Gospel to his emergence as a global leader whose theology called for action in the face of injustice.

Through pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement, from Montgomery to Birmingham to Selma, the series explores how faith informed both King's vision and his approach to social change, revealing the integral relationship between belief and action throughout his life and work.

The series takes its title from a central truth at the heart of King's life: he did not choose activism and then add faith to it. Faith called. Everything else followed.