Movie Description
COINTELPRO 101
(2010)Overview
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.
Featured Crew
- Producer : Anita Johnson,Claude Marks,Prentis Hemphill,Andres Alegría
- Writer : Lincoln Bergman
- Cast : Liz Derias,Bob Boyle,Jose Lopez,Lucy Rodriguez,Ward Churchill,Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz,Leonard Peltier,Ricardo Romero,Francísco "Kiko" Martinez,Priscilla Falcon,Muhammad Ahmad,J. Edgar Hoover,Malcolm X,Martin Luther King Jr.,Kwame Ture,Akinyele Umoja,Geronimo Pratt,Laura Whitehorn,Kathleen Cleaver,M. Wesley Swearingen,Fred Hampton,Frank Church,Mumia Abu-Jamal,Mutulu Shakur,Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
Cast
Self / Narrator (voice)
Self - Attorney
Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Self - Native American Activist/Author
Self - Native American Activist/Author
Self - Political Prisoner
Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U.
Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner
Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner
Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney
Self - Former FBI Special Agent
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Posters
Facts
Original TitleCOINTELPRO 101
Status Released
Release Information
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2010-05-07
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 56m
Homepagehttp://www.freedomarchives.org/Cointelpro.html
Production CompaniesThe Freedom Archives
Genres
- Documentary
