COINTELPRO 101

Story

Synopsis

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.

Writers

Lincoln Bergman

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

7 May 2010

Ensemble

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

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  Ward Churchill

  Self - Native American Activist/Author

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  Self - Native American Activist/Author

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  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)

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  J. Edgar Hoover

  Self (archive footage)