Cointelpro 101

2010    56mDocumentary, History
7.8
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 INTELligence 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 DeriasSelf / Narrator (voice)
  • Bob BoyleSelf - Attorney
  • Jose LopezSelf - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
  • Lucy RodriguezSelf - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
  • Ward ChurchillSelf - Native American Activist/Author
  • Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizSelf - Native American Activist/Author
  • Leonard PeltierSelf - Political Prisoner
  • Ricardo RomeroSelf - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
  • Francísco "Kiko" MartinezSelf - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
  • Priscilla FalconSelf - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
  • Muhammad AhmadSelf - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
  • J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage)
  • Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
  • Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage)
  • Kwame TureSelf (archive footage)
  • Akinyele UmojaSelf - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U.
  • Geronimo PrattSelf - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner
  • Laura WhitehornSelf - Activist / Former Political Prisoner
  • Kathleen CleaverSelf - Black Panther Party/Attorney
  • M. Wesley SwearingenSelf - Former FBI Special Agent

 

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Cointelpro 101 Trivia

Cointelpro 101 was released on May 7, 2010.

Cointelpro 101 has a runtime of 56 min.

Cointelpro 101 was produced by Anita Johnson, Claude Marks, Prentis Hemphill, Andres Alegría.

The key characters in Cointelpro 101 are Self / Narrator (voice) (Liz Derias), Self - Attorney (Bob Boyle), Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Jose Lopez).

Cointelpro 101 is a Documentary, History film.

Cointelpro 101 has an audience rating of 7.8 out of 10.

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