Black August
For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity
2007 en 116 minutes
Rating: 5.2
Plot
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.
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Cast
Gary Dourdan
George Jackson
Darren Bridgett
David Dryer
Ezra J. Stanley
Jonathan Jackson
'Big' LeRoy Mobley
Lumumba
Vonetta McGee
Georgia Jackson
Don Williams
FBI Agent Walker
Greg Gibbs
Fred Bennett
Leith M. Burke
W.L. Nolan
Cabran E. Chamberlain
Policeman
Cully Fredricksen
Guard Williams
London Freeman
Disciple
Kathy Garver
Bob Greene
Jean Genet
Michael Greggans
Assistant Editor
Tim Heinrich
Rifleman
Charlie Holliday
Judge Herbert Hayes
Cal Johnson
Falling Inmate
John Kovacevich
District Attorney Gary Thomas
Jonté LeGras
James McClaine
Heather Mathieson
Mrs. Dryer
Melia Mills
Brenda Johnson
Patrick Minderler
Priest
Tina Marie Murray
Angela Davis
Robert Parsons
Trustee
Fred Pitts
Reporter
Allen Pontes
Print Reporter
Peggy Sandow
Juror #3
Bob Sáenz
Prison Official
Joe Tallarico
Rifleman
Reid Garver Travis
