Framing an execution : ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal / Media Education Foundation ; director, Sut Jhally ; producers, Sut Jhally, Tom Gardner.

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In the 1990's, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African American journalist on death row, became a symbol of the inequities in the United States judicial system. This film examines how ABC reporter Sam Donaldson's framing of Abu-Jamal's case stands up to the available facts and how it measures up to basic journa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Jhally, Sut
Gardner, Tom
Glover, Danny
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles.
Published: Northhampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:
Abu-Jamal, Mumia > Trials, litigation, etc.
Donaldson, Sam, > 1934-
Journalism.
ABC News.
Death row inmates > Press coverage > United States.
Trials (Murder) > Press coverage > United States.
Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > United States.
Journalism > Objectivity > United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (49 min., 56 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
ABC News & the case of Mumia Abu Jamal.
ABC News and the case of Mumia Abu Jamal.
Media & Mumia Abu Jamal.
Media and Mumia Abu Jamal.
Format: Video DVD

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