COINTELPRO 101
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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.
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Liz Derias
Self / Narrator (voice)
Bob Boyle
Self - Attorney
Andres Alegria
Jose Lopez
Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Prentis Hemphill
Lucy Rodriguez
Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Anita Johnson
Ward Churchill
Self - Native American Activist/Author
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Claude Marks
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Self - Native American Activist/Author
Leonard Peltier
Self - Political Prisoner
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Ricardo Romero
Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
Lincoln Bergman Writer · Camilo Landau Composer
United States release May 7, 2010 · Produced in United States
Production
The Freedom Archives
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 7, 2010
Theatrical
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