Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Apr 24, 1954 (71 years old)

Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2h 0m
Movie 2013

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death...

COINTELPRO 101
0h 56m
Movie 2010

COINTELPRO 101

COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed...

Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
1h 8m
Movie 2010

Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most recognized death row inmate in...

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
1h 48m
Movie 2008

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation

The gripping story of Robert King Wilkerson, Herman Wallace, and...

The Jena 6
0h 29m
Movie 2007

The Jena 6

'The Jena 6' is the story of hidden racial inequality...

Zapatista
0h 56m
Movie 1999

Zapatista

"Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas....

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
1h 14m
Movie 1998

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist...

All Power to the People!
1h 44m
Movie 1996

All Power to the People!

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists...

Biography

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia is an internationally-recognized award-winning journalist who has written eight books and countless articles and commentaries from a prison cell on death row in Pennsylvania. He has been writing since age 15, first as Minister of Information for the Philadelphia Black Panthers (1969-1971), then for numerous Philadelphia radio and print venues, including National Public Radio.