Co-produced/Co-directed and edited by Deb Ellis and Denis Meuller, 1990, 48 min. (co-directors of Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train and Peace Has No Borders), The FBI’s War on Black America is an exploration of the lives and deaths of people targeted by COINTELPRO, an FBI program aimed against organized efforts by African-Americans to gain rights guaranteed by our constitution. The documentary establishes historical perspective on 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. This underground classic is as relevant today as the day it was originally released.
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