1971 - The Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI
2015
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1971 - The Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI
Published
First Run Features, 2015.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Language
English
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In English
Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Duration
012001
Distributor No.
1184581 Kanopy
Summary
On March 8, 1971, a group of citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, PA, took every file, and shared them with the public. Their actions exposed the FBI's illegal surveillance program of law-abiding Americans. Now, these previously anonymous Americans publicly share their story for the first time.. The FBI, established in 1908, was for 60 years held unaccountable and untouchable until 1971, when The Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, as they called themselves, sent the stolen files to journalists at the Washington Post, which published them and shed light on the FBI's widespread abuse of power. These actions exposed COINTELPRO, the FBI's illegal surveillance program that involved the intimidation of law-abiding Americans, and helped lead to the country's first congressional investigation of U.S. intelligence agencies.. The activist-burglars then disappeared into anonymity for forty years. Until now. Never caught, these previously anonymous Americans; parents, teachers and citizens publicly reveal themselves for the first time and share their story in the documentary 1971. Using a mix of dramatic re-enactments and candid interviews with all involved, the film vividly brings to life one of the more important, yet relatively unexplored, chapters in modern American history.. "'1971' unpacks a crucial but little known episode in modern political and journalistic history. The story, including its cat-and-mouse aftermath, adds the intricate excitement of a thriller to righteous historical outrage." - The New Yorker.
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Originally produced by First Run Features in 2015.
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