COINTELPRO 101

COINTELPRO 101

2010 en 56 minutes

Rating: 0

Plot

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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Cast

Liz Derias

Liz Derias

Self / Narrator (voice)

Bob Boyle

Bob Boyle

Self - Attorney

Jose Lopez

Jose Lopez

Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Lucy Rodriguez

Lucy Rodriguez

Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner

Ward Churchill

Ward Churchill

Self - Native American Activist/Author

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Self - Native American Activist/Author

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

Self - Political Prisoner

Ricardo Romero

Ricardo Romero

Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO

Francísco "Kiko" Martinez

Francísco "Kiko" Martinez

Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney

Priscilla Falcon

Priscilla Falcon

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

Muhammad Ahmad

Muhammad Ahmad

Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)

Akinyele Umoja

Akinyele Umoja

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

Geronimo Pratt

Geronimo Pratt

Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner

Laura Whitehorn

Laura Whitehorn

Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner

Kathleen Cleaver

Kathleen Cleaver

Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney

M. Wesley Swearingen

M. Wesley Swearingen

Self - Former FBI Special Agent

Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)

Frank Church

Frank Church

Self (archive footage)

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self (archive footage)

Mutulu Shakur

Mutulu Shakur

Self (archive footage)

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

Self (archive footage)

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