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Black August(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-08-01
52%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 56m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,500,000.00
Movie: Black August
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gary Dourdan
George Jackson
Darren Bridgett
David Dryer
'Big' LeRoy Mobley
Lumumba
Vonetta McGee
Georgia Jackson
Don Williams
FBI Agent Walker
Leith M. Burke
W.L. Nolan
Cabran E. Chamberlain
Policeman
Cully Fredricksen
Guard Williams
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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.
Release Date
2007-08-01
Average
5.2
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity
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