COINTELPRO 101 (2010)
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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Liz Derias as Self / Narrator (voice) |
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Bob Boyle as Self - Attorney |
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Jose Lopez as Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center |
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Lucy Rodriguez as Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner |
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Ward Churchill as Self - Native American Activist/Author |
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as Self - Native American Activist/Author |
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Leonard Peltier as Self - Political Prisoner |
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Ricardo Romero as Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO |
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Francísco "Kiko" Martinez as Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney |
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Priscilla Falcon as Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado |
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Muhammad Ahmad as Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) |
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J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage) |
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Malcolm X as Self (archive footage) |
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Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage) |
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Kwame Ture as Self (archive footage) |
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Akinyele Umoja as Self - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U. |
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Geronimo Pratt as Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner |
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Laura Whitehorn as Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner |
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Kathleen Cleaver as Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney |
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M. Wesley Swearingen as Self - Former FBI Special Agent |
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Fred Hampton as Self (archive footage) |
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Frank Church as Self (archive footage) |
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Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self (archive footage) |
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Mutulu Shakur as Self (archive footage) |
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Filiberto Ojeda Ríos as Self (archive footage) |
| Production | Anita Johnson | Producer |
| Camera | Camilo Landau | Additional Camera |
| Production | Claude Marks | Producer |
| Writing | Lincoln Bergman | Writer |
| Production | Prentis Hemphill | Producer |
| Production | Andres Alegría | Producer |
| Sound | Andres Alegría | Sound |
| Camera | Andres Alegría | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Claude Marks | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Camilo Landau | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Prentis Hemphill | Additional Camera |
| Sound | Claude Marks | Sound |
