The FBI's War on Black America

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The FBI's War on Black America (1990)

Directed by Denis Mueller, Deb Ellis

· 53m

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?

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Cast

H. Rap Brown Self Kwame Ture Self Eldridge Cleaver Self (archive footage) Kathleen Cleaver Self Fred Hampton Self (archive footage) Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Huey P. Newton Self (archive footage) Geronimo Pratt Self Bobby Rush Self

Crew

Director
Denis Mueller, Deb Ellis

Details

Release date
1990-01-01
Runtime
53m
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America