Plot
KENNY: THE MARXIST WHO WOULD BE MAYOR tells the story of Ken Cockrel Sr., a politician, attorney, and revolutionary who took on the police and the power structures of Detroit in some of its most tumultuous times from the 60’s through the 70’s. Through Cockrel’s battles both in and out of the courts, KENNY paints the story of a country undergoing rapid change, caught in a civil rights battle in which police officers were empowered to hunt and kill its citizens. Combining rare footage and interviews with those who knew him best, it charts the unbelievable rise to prominence of a radical Marxist and brilliant legal mind who took on Chrysler Corporation, the Detroit Police Department, and power structures of the entire city before his untimely death.
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Cast
Dennis Archer, Sr.
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David Ashenfelter
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Herb Boyd
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Melba Joyce Boyd
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Daniel Clark
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Jesse Cockrel
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Sheila Cockrel
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Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.
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John Conyers
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Dan Georgakas
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Peter Gessner
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Ron Glotta
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Elliott Hall
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Mike Hamlin
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Greg Hicks
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Mary Jarrett-Jackson
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William King
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Renee Lichtman
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Norman Lippitt
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Bill McGraw
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Isaiah McKinnon
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Diane Mongo
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Larry Mongo
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Harvey Ovshinsky
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Raymond Peterson
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Berna Ravitz
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Harley Shaiken
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Marvin Surkin
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Jeff Taft
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Heather Thompson
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Paul Van Wie
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David Wellman
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Ingrid White
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Daniel Geanes
Hayward Brown (Reenactment)
Phil Rice
John Percy Boyd (Reenactment)
Tyler Richi
Mark C. Bethune (Reenactment)
Todd Gurden
STRESS Officer #1 (Reenactment)
Douglas Counts
STRESS Officer #2 (Reenactment)
Sazan Bardha
STRESS Officer #3 (Reenactment)
John Gruse
Bad Cop #4 (Reenactment)
Paul Oparka
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Marc Lincoln
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