Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

Mar 1, 1998

1h 14m

★ 6.5

Overview

Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and sentenced to death in a trial marked by controversial prosecutorial and defense tactics and charges of racism.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Otmoor Productions

Fox Lorber Features

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Cast

Himself

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Himself (as Judge Alfred Sabo)

Alfred Sabo

Self

Veronica Jones

Narrator (voice)

Marlene Sanders

Self / Jefferson Hospital Doctor

Dr. Antony Coletta

Self / Jamal's Sister

Lydia Wallace

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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No overview available.

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