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COINTELPRO 101

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English / 56 MIN. / 2010

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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.

The Cast

Liz DeriasBob BoyleJose LopezLucy RodriguezWard ChurchillRoxanne Dunbar-OrtizLeonard PeltierRicardo RomeroFrancísco "Kiko" MartinezPriscilla FalconMuhammad AhmadJ. Edgar HooverMalcolm XMartin Luther King Jr.Stokely CarmichaelAkinyele UmojaGeronimo PrattLaura WhitehornKathleen CleaverM. Wesley SwearingenFred HamptonFrank ChurchMumia Abu-JamalMutulu ShakurFiliberto Ojeda Ríos

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