COINTELPRO 101
- Released on
- Runtime
- 56 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Liz Derias
- Bob Boyle
- Jose Lopez
- Lucy Rodriguez
- Ward Churchill
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Leonard Peltier
- Ricardo Romero
- Francísco "Kiko" Martinez
- Priscilla Falcon
- Muhammad Ahmad
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Malcolm X
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Kwame Ture
- Akinyele Umoja
- Geronimo Pratt
- Laura Whitehorn
- Kathleen Cleaver
- M. Wesley Swearingen
- Fred Hampton
- Frank Church
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Mutulu Shakur
- Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
Director
Producers
- Andres Alegría
- Prentis Hemphill
- Anita Johnson
- Claude Marks
