COINTELPRO 101 (2010)
56m
Running Time
May 7, 2010Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.




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Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.

Liz Derias
Self / Narrator (voice)

Bob Boyle
Self - Attorney

Jose Lopez
Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Lucy Rodriguez
Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner

Ward Churchill
Self - Native American Activist/Author

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Self - Native American Activist/Author

Leonard Peltier
Self - Political Prisoner

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

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

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

Muhammad 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 Prisoner

Laura Whitehorn
Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner

Kathleen Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney

M. Wesley Swearingen
Self - Former FBI Special Agent

Fred Hampton
Self (archive footage)

Frank Church
Self (archive footage)

Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self (archive footage)

Mutulu Shakur
Self (archive footage)

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
Self (archive footage)

Andres Alegría
Producer / Camera Operator / Sound

Prentis Hemphill
Producer / Additional Camera

Anita Johnson
Producer

Claude Marks
Producer / Camera Operator / Sound

Camilo Landau
Additional Camera / Original Music Composer

Lincoln Bergman
Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
cia
police state
fbi
intelligence agency
law enforcement
police surveillance
activism
patriot act
social movement
political prisoners
puerto rican history
cointel pro