COINTELPRO 101 (2010)

COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance disruption and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s 60s and 70s COINTELPRO refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil imprison and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt divide and destroy the movements as well Many of the governments crimes are still unknown Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses firsthand with rare historical footage the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future