COINTELPRO 101
May 2010
56 mins
TMDB
0.0
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.
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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