All Power to the People (1996)

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s. Covering the history of slavery, civil-rights activists, political assassinations and exploring the methods used to divide and destroy key figures of movements by government forces, the film then contrasts into Reagan-Era events, privacy threats from new technologies and the failure of the “War on Drugs”, forming a comprehensive view of the goals, aspirations and ultimate demise of the Civil Rights Movement…

Directed by: Lee Lew-Lee

Cast: Kim Holder - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969G, Thomas McCreary - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968G, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Somaya Moore - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969G, Ronald Freeman - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968G, Republic of New Afrika, Mutulu Shakur, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Mark Holder - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969G, acupuncture, Kathleen Cleaver, George Edwards - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969G

Genres: Documentary

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