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Cast
Liz Derias | As: Self / Narrator (voice) | |
Bob Boyle | As: Self - Attorney | |
Jose Lopez | As: Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center | |
Lucy Rodriguez | As: Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner | |
Ward Churchill | As: Self - Native American Activist/Author |
Storyline
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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Cast
Liz Derias |
Self / Narrator (voice) |
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Bob Boyle |
Self - Attorney |
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Jose Lopez |
Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center |
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Lucy Rodriguez |
Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner |
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Ward Churchill |
Self - Native American Activist/Author |
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |
Self - Native American Activist/Author |
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Leonard Peltier |
Self - Political Prisoner |
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Ricardo Romero |
Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO |
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Francísco "Kiko" Martinez |
Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney |
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Priscilla Falcon |
Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado |
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Muhammad Ahmad |
Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) |
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J. Edgar Hoover |
Self (archive footage) |
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Malcolm X |
Self (archive footage) |
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Martin Luther King Jr. |
Self (archive footage) |
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Kwame Ture |
Self (archive footage) |
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Akinyele Umoja |
Self - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U. |
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Geronimo Pratt |
Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner |
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Laura Whitehorn |
Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner |
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Kathleen Cleaver |
Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney |
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M. Wesley Swearingen |
Self - Former FBI Special Agent |
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Fred Hampton |
Self (archive footage) |
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Frank Church |
Self (archive footage) |
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Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Self (archive footage) |
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Mutulu Shakur |
Self (archive footage) |
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Filiberto Ojeda Ríos |
Self (archive footage) |
Directed By
Writing Credits
Lincoln Bergman |
Writer |
Production Crew
Andres Alegría |
Producer |
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Prentis Hemphill |
Producer |
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Anita Johnson |
Producer |
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Claude Marks |
Producer |
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Edited By
Costume and Makeup
Sound
Andres Alegría |
Sound |
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Claude Marks |
Sound |
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Camilo Landau |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Andres Alegría |
Camera Operator |
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Claude Marks |
Camera Operator |
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Prentis Hemphill |
Additional Camera |
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Camilo Landau |
Additional Camera |
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Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
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