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COINTELPRO 101
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.
Director and cast
- Liz Derias as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Bob Boyle as Self - Attorney
- Jose Lopez as Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
- Lucy Rodriguez as Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
- Ward Churchill as Self - Native American Activist/Author
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as Self - Native American Activist/Author
- Leonard Peltier as Self - Political Prisoner
- Ricardo Romero as Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
- Francísco "Kiko" Martinez as Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
- Priscilla Falcon as Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
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