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Black August (2007)

Black August (2007)

Drama

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

Release Date: 2007, August 1
Directors: Samm Styles
Countries: United States of America
Cast: John Kovacevich, Bob Greene, Gary Dourdan, Cully Fredricksen, Peggy Sandow, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Charlie Holliday, 'Big' LeRoy Mobley, Robert Parsons, London Freeman, Darren Bridgett, Leith M. Burke

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

racism prison