COINTELPRO 101 (2010)

ALL 05/07/2010 (en) Documentary 56 Min
  • Release
    05/07/2010
  • Production
    The Freedom Archives
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  • Original title
    COINTELPRO 101
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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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.

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  1. Liz Derias

    Self / Narrator (voice)

  2. Bob Boyle

    Self - Attorney

  3. Jose Lopez

    Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center

  4. Lucy Rodriguez

    Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner

  5. Ward Churchill

    Self - Native American Activist/Author

  6. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

    Self - Native American Activist/Author

  7. Leonard Peltier

    Self - Political Prisoner

  8. Ricardo Romero

    Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO

  9. Francísco "Kiko" Martinez

    Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney

  10. Priscilla Falcon

    Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado

  11. Muhammad Ahmad

    Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)

  12. J. Edgar Hoover

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Malcolm X

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  15. Kwame Ture

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Akinyele Umoja

    Self - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U.

  17. Geronimo Pratt

    Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner

  18. Laura Whitehorn

    Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner

  19. Kathleen Cleaver

    Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney

  20. M. Wesley Swearingen

    Self - Former FBI Special Agent

  21. Fred Hampton

    Self (archive footage)

  22. Frank Church

    Self (archive footage)

  23. Mumia Abu-Jamal

    Self (archive footage)

  24. Mutulu Shakur

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

    Self (archive footage)

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Casts : 25 , Crews : 12

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COINTELPRO 101 (2010) 56 Min

ALL 05/07/2010 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 05/07/2010
  • Production
    The Freedom Archives
  • Original title COINTELPRO 101
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Anita Johnson, Claude Marks, Prentis Hemphill, Andres Alegría

    Producer