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.
- Origin
- US
Cast
- Liz DeriasSelf / Narrator (voice)
- Bob BoyleSelf - Attorney
- Jose LopezSelf - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
- Lucy RodriguezSelf - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Ward ChurchillSelf - Native American Activist/Author- Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizSelf - Native American Activist/Author
Leonard PeltierSelf - Political Prisoner- Ricardo RomeroSelf - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
- Francísco "Kiko" MartinezSelf - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
- Priscilla FalconSelf - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
