COINTELPRO 101

by The Freedom Archives, Kathleen Cleaver, Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt

COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the U.S. government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. "Cointelpro" refers to the official FBI COunter INTELligence 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 and with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for present and future movements. Interviews in the video include: Muhammad Ahmad, Bob Boyle, Kathleen Cleaver, Ward Churchill, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Priscilla Falcon, Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt, Jose Lopez, Francisco 'Kiko' Martinez, Lucy Rodriguez, Ricardo Romero, Akinyele Umoja, and Laura Whitehorn.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

1 pages, DVD (NTSC)

First published May 1, 2011

About the author

The Freedom Archives contain over 5000 hours of audiotape recordings, documenting, as it happened, the most turbulent times, events, and movements, from the early 60s to the mid-1990s. From People's Park to Attica. Vietnam to Puerto Rico. Wounded Knee to Mumia Abu-Jamal. Paul Robeson to Pete Seeger.