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Synopsis
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.
Title | COINTELPRO 101 |
Companies | The Freedom Archives |
Countries | United States of America |
Keywords | central intelligence agency (cia), police state, fbi, intelligence agency, law enforcement, police surveillance, activism, patriot act, social movement, political prisoners, cointel pro, puerto rican history |
Liz Derias
Self / Narrator (voice)Bob Boyle
Self - AttorneyJose Lopez
Self - Puerto Rican Cultural CenterLucy Rodriguez
Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Ward Churchill
Self - Native American Activist/AuthorRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Self - Native American Activist/Author
Leonard Peltier
Self - Political PrisonerRicardo Romero
Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, COFrancísco "Kiko" Martinez
Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & AttorneyPriscilla Falcon
Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern ColoradoMuhammad Ahmad
Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Kwame Ture
Self (archive footage)Akinyele Umoja
Self - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U.
Geronimo Pratt
Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political PrisonerLaura Whitehorn
Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner
Kathleen Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party/AttorneyM. Wesley Swearingen
Self - Former FBI Special Agent
Fred Hampton
Self (archive footage)Frank Church
Self (archive footage)