Black August

2007

5.9 (7)

1 hr 56 min

For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity

$1,500,000

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The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.

Top Cast

Gary Dourdan as George Jackson

Darren Bridgett as David Dryer

Ezra J. Stanley as Jonathan Jackson

Vonetta McGee as Georgia Jackson

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