COINTELPRO 101
movie
Released May 07, 2010
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Overview
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
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Self / Narrator (voice)
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Bob Boyle
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Self - Attorney
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Jose Lopez
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Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
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Lucy Rodriguez
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Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Ward Churchill
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Self - Native American Activist/Author
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Self - Native American Activist/Author
Leonard Peltier
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Self - Political Prisoner
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Ricardo Romero
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Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
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Francísco "Kiko" Martinez
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Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
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Priscilla Falcon
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Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
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Muhammad Ahmad
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Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
J. Edgar Hoover
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Self (archive footage)
Crew
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Andres Alegría
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Producer
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Prentis Hemphill
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Producer
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Anita Johnson
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Producer
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Claude Marks
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Producer
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Andres Alegría
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Camera Operator
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Claude Marks
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Camera Operator
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Andres Alegría
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Sound
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Claude Marks
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Sound
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Prentis Hemphill
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Additional Camera
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Camilo Landau
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Additional Camera
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Camilo Landau
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Original Music Composer
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Lincoln Bergman
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Writer