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Black August
For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity
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- Drama
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
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 1, 2007
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- German
- Cast
- Heather Mathieson,Gary Dourdan,Robert Parsons,Michael Greggans,Reid Garver Travis,Tim Heinrich,Peggy Sandow,'Big' LeRoy Mobley,Patrick Minderler,Fred Pittsand 20 more
- Director
- Samm Styles
- Writer
- TCinque J. Sampson
- Cinematography
- Kev Robertson
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0383929