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COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America (1990)

ALL 01/01/1990 (en) 53 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1990
  • Production
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  • Original title
    COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. H. Rap Brown

    Self

  2. Stokely Carmichael

    Self

  3. Eldridge Cleaver

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Kathleen Cleaver

    Self

  5. Fred Hampton

    Self (archive footage)

  6. Malcolm X

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Huey P. Newton

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Geronimo Pratt

    Self

  9. Bobby Rush

    Self

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Casts : 9 , Crews : 2

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COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America (1990) 53 Min

ALL 01/01/1990 (en)
  • Release 01/01/1990
  • Production
  • Original title COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?

  1. Denis Mueller, Deb Ellis

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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