All Power to the People! (1996)

  • NR
  • 06/01/1996 (GB)
  • History, Documentary
  • 1h 44m

Overview

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…

Lee Lew Lee

Director

Cast

Mumia Abu-Jamal's headshot

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Self
Dennis Banks's headshot

Dennis Banks

Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando's headshot

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage)
David Brinkley's headshot

David Brinkley

Self (archive footage)
Elaine Brown's headshot

Elaine Brown

Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown's headshot

H. Rap Brown

Self (archive footage)
Kwame Ture's headshot

Kwame Ture

Self (archive footage)
Eldridge Cleaver's headshot

Eldridge Cleaver

Self (archive footage)

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