WESTPORT — “King in the Wilderness,” a documentary chronicling the final three years of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, will be shown Jan. 20 at the Westport Country Playhouse.

The free screening, planned in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at the playhouse, 25 Powers Court.

It is part of Westport’s annual King commemoration ceremonies, which begin Jan. 19 with a program keynoted by Shonda Rhimes, the television producer and Westport resident, at the Westport Library. The playhouse is a co-sponsor of the observances with TEAM Westport, the Westport/Weston Clergy Association and the library.

To reserve seating for the screening, click here.

“King in the Wilderness,” an 2018 film that won an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Historical Documentary,” follows King from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968. The film includes never-before-seen footage of interviews with those closest to King interspersed with historical archives, according to publicity for the program.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Peter Kunhardt, one of the documentary’s producers is Trey Ellis, a Westport-based playwright.

Ellis and Harold Bailey Jr., the TEAM Westport chair, will discuss the film after the screening.

For questions, call the Westport Country Playhouse box office at 203-227-4177 or visit the theater’s website.