COINTELPRO 101

May. 07,2010

Rating：

7.9

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Fbi Cia Activism

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Ward Churchill as Self - Native American Activist/Author

J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Stokely Carmichael as Self (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver as Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney

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