COINTELPRO 101 (2010)

Name: COINTELPRO 101
Genre: Dokumentarfilm
Released: 2010-05-07
Duration: 56 min
Cast: Liz Derias, Bob Boyle, Jose Lopez, Lucy Rodriguez, Ward Churchill

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.

Erscheinungsdatum: 2010-05-07
Laufzeit: 56 Min.
Genres: Dokumentarfilm

Besetzung

Liz Derias — Self / Narrator (voice)
Bob Boyle — Self - Attorney
Jose Lopez — Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Lucy Rodriguez — Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Ward Churchill — Self - Native American Activist/Author
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz — Self - Native American Activist/Author
Leonard Peltier — Self - Political Prisoner
Ricardo Romero — Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
Francísco "Kiko" Martinez — Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
Priscilla Falcon — Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
Muhammad Ahmad — Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
J. Edgar Hoover — Self (archive footage)

COINTELPRO 101 (2010)

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