COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America (1990)
Run Time: 0h53m | Release: 01 Jan 1990
Production Countries: United States of America
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Overview:
Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?
Cast Of - COINTELPRO: The FBI's War on Black America
Crew Members
H. Rap Brown Self
Stokely Carmichael Self
Eldridge Cleaver Self (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver Self
Fred Hampton Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage)
Huey P. Newton Self (archive footage)
Geronimo Pratt Self
Bobby Rush Self
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