COINTELPRO 101

201056m
Documentary

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.

Crew

CL

Camilo Landau

Original Music Composer

CM

Claude Marks

Producer

AJ

Anita Johnson

Producer

AA

Andres Alegría

Producer

LB

Lincoln Bergman

Writer

PH

Prentis Hemphill

Producer

Cast

LD

Liz Derias

Self / Narrator (voice)

BB

Bob Boyle

Self - Attorney

JL

Jose Lopez

Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center

LR

Lucy Rodriguez

Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner

Ward Churchill

Ward Churchill

Self - Native American Activist/Author

RD

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Self - Native American Activist/Author

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

Self - Political Prisoner

RR

Ricardo Romero

Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO

F"

Francísco "Kiko" Martinez

Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney

PF

Priscilla Falcon

Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado

MA

Muhammad Ahmad

Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

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