
π Overview:
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. βCOINTELPROβ 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
2010-05-07
β Running Time:
56 mins
β Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast

Self / Narrator (voice)
Liz Derias

Self - Attorney
Bob Boyle

Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Jose Lopez

Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Lucy Rodriguez

Self - Native American Activist/Author
Ward Churchill

Self - Native American Activist/Author
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Self - Political Prisoner
Leonard Peltier

Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
Ricardo Romero

Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
FrancΓsco "Kiko" Martinez

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

Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
Muhammad Ahmad

Self (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)
Kwame Ture

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

Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner
Geronimo Pratt

Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner
Laura Whitehorn

Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney
Kathleen Cleaver

Self - Former FBI Special Agent
M. Wesley Swearingen

Self (archive footage)
Fred Hampton

Self (archive footage)
Frank Church

Self (archive footage)
Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self (archive footage)
Mutulu Shakur

Self (archive footage)
Filiberto Ojeda RΓos