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COINTELPRO 101

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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.

Featured Crew

Anita Johnson
Producer
Camilo Landau
Additional Camera
Claude Marks
Producer
Lincoln Bergman
Writer
Prentis Hemphill
Producer
Andres Alegría
Producer
Andres Alegría
Sound
Andres Alegría
Camera Operator

Cast

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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)