COINTELPRO 101

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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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Cast

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Liz Derias actor

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Bob Boyle actor

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José López actor

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Lucy Rodriguez actor

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Ward Churchill actor

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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz actor Leonard Peltier actor

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Ricardo Romero actor

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Francísco "Kiko" Martinez actor

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Priscilla Falcon actor

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Muhammad Ahmad actor

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J. Edgar Hoover actor Malcolm X actor Martin Luther King Jr. actor

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Kwame Ture actor

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Akinyele Umoja actor

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Geronimo Pratt actor Laura Whitehorn actor

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Kathleen Cleaver actor

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M. Wesley Swearingen actor