COINTELPRO 101 poster

COINTELPRO 101 poster

COINTELPRO 101

2010 56mMovie

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.

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Top Cast

Liz Derias

Self / Narrator (voice)

Bob Boyle

Self - Attorney

Jose Lopez

Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Lucy Rodriguez

Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner

Ward Churchill

Ward Churchill

Self - Native American Activist/Author

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Self - Native American Activist/Author

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

Self - Political Prisoner

Ricardo Romero

Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO

Francísco "Kiko" Martinez

Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney

Priscilla Falcon

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

Muhammad Ahmad

Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)

Akinyele Umoja

Self - Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State U.

Geronimo Pratt

Geronimo Pratt

Self - Black Panther Party / Former Political Prisoner

Laura Whitehorn

Self - Activist / Former Political Prisoner

Kathleen Cleaver

Kathleen Cleaver

Self - Black Panther Party/Attorney

M. Wesley Swearingen

Self - Former FBI Special Agent

Crew

Writers

Lincoln Bergman

Writer

Producers

Andres Alegría

Producer, Camera Operator, Sound

Prentis Hemphill

Producer, Additional Camera

Anita Johnson

Producer

Composers

Camilo Landau

Additional Camera, Original Music Composer