The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation

Apr 1, 2008

1h 48m

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Overview

The gripping story of Robert King Wilkerson, Herman Wallace, and Albert Woodfox, men who endured solitary confinement longer than any known living prisoner in the United States. Politicized through contact with the Black Panther Party while inside Louisiana's prisons, they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history and worked to organize other prisoners.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal

SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Academy Award®-winner Forest Whitaker, the film takes viewers inside Louisiana's maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years.

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Who are the Angola 3?

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The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation

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