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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Liz Derias as Self
Bob Boyle as Self - Attorney
Jose Lopez as Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Lucy Rodriguez as Self - Puerto Rican Independentista
Ward Churchill as Self - Native American Activist
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as Self - Native American Activist
Leonard Peltier as Self - Political Prisoner
Ricardo Romero as Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
Top Crew
Lincoln Bergman · Writer
Camilo Landau · Composer
Anita Johnson · Producer
Claude Marks · Producer
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