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 government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, 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.
Liz Derias
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Bob Boyle
as Self - Attorney
Jose Lopez
as Self - Puerto Rican Cultural Center
Lucy Rodriguez
as Self - Puerto Rican Independentista / Former Political Prisoner
Ward Churchill
as Self - Native American Activist/Author
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
as Self - Native American Activist/Author
Leonard Peltier
as Self - Political Prisoner
Ricardo Romero
as Self - Al Frente de Lucha; Greeley, CO
Francísco "Kiko" Martinez
as Self - Chicano/Mexicano Activist & Attorney
Priscilla Falcon
as Self - Professor, Hispanic Studies, U. of Northern Colorado
Muhammad Ahmad
as Self - Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM)
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self (archive footage)
