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40 Years a Prisoner
Directed by
Tommy Oliver
TV-MA
2020
1h 50m
Documentary
,
Crime
7.2
93%
84%
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Philadelphia native Tommy Oliver follows the efforts of Mike Africa Jr. to exonerate his parents, both incarcerated members of the revolutionary group MOVE.
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40 Years a Prisoner Ratings & Reviews
World Socialist Web Site
David Walsh
40 Years a Prisoner records the efforts by Mike Africa, Jr. to free his parents and other MOVE activists from prison where they have languished for decades.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Its point of view is bolstered by its willingness to candidly confront every aspect of its tale.
POV Magazine
Pat Mullen
Director Tommy Oliver unpacks the legacy of systemic racism's impact on one family in 40 Year a Prisoner.
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David Nusair
An erratic yet necessary endeavor that couldn't possibly be more timely.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Piers Marchant
Through his charisma, and the vigilance of he and the MOVE legal team, the film earns a satisfyingly simple dramatic climax, but it feels as if it leaves far too much of the story on the table.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
So many of our problems remain, but "40 Years a Prisoner" presents a valuable primer on what mistakes not to repeat.
The Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Fienberg
40 Years a Prisoner has the potential to be a gateway documentary, to get people curious about the full story of MOVE and to stoke additional curiosity about why this particular story hasn't been given a definitive docuseries.
AV Club
Robert Daniels
The gaps give Oliver's film a sense of incompleteness. But the story he does construct makes 40 Years A Prisoner another reminder of the repetitious history of American racism, and the prisoner and police reform still required to avoid the same mistakes.
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
Ordinary but sufficiently effective in its execution, the film's most resonant segments are those where the upstanding son reflects on his torn family and a rotten system...
Living Life Fearless
Stephen Silver
Tells the moving story of subject's decades-long quest to get his relative released from prison, but beyond that it's a highly entertaining exploration of 1970s Philadelphia
The Curvy Film Critic
Carla Renata
40 Years A Prisoner is a gritty, raw accont of the Philly police raided upon MOVE eerily resonates with modern times and how easily cops shoot first and ask questions later. Kudos to Tommy Oliver & HBO for reminding us about this American chapter
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
Somehow, finding out what really made MOVE members tick is never really clear.
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