Black August

Aug 1, 2007

1h 56m

★ 5.2

For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity

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.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

George Jackson

Gary Dourdan

David Dryer

Darren Bridgett

Jonathan Jackson

Ezra J. Stanley

Lumumba

'Big' LeRoy Mobley

Georgia Jackson

Vonetta McGee

FBI Agent Walker

Don Williams

Fred Bennett

Greg Gibbs

W.L. Nolan

Leith M. Burke

Policeman

Cabran E. Chamberlain

Guard Williams

Cully Fredricksen

Disciple

London Freeman

Kathy Garver

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