Mumia : Long Distance Revolutionary / First-Run Features (Firm).

Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a journalist and writer. After more than 30 years in prison, Mumia continues to report, educate, provoke and inspire. Stephen Vittoria's feature documentary is a sympathetic portrait of a man whom many...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
First-Run Features (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : First-Run Features (Firm), [2011]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 0 min., 8 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Long Distance Revolutionary
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Poetry (1:02)
  • Perspectives on Mumia Abu Jamal (2:26)
  • Threat to Establishment (3:12)
  • Philadelphia's Racism (3:23)
  • Abu Jamal's Background (4:22)
  • "Death Blossoms" (1:53)
  • Abu-Jamal's Name Change (1:04)
  • Protesting Wallace (3:03)
  • Black Panther Party (1:38)
  • Radical Journalism (2:54)
  • COINTELPRO (2:37)
  • Fred Hampton Killing (2:24)
  • Frank Rizzo (3:57)
  • Police Department vs Abu-Jamal (1:01)
  • Rizzo vs MOVE (3:01)
  • American Hypocrisy (1:06)
  • Support for MOVE (3:16)
  • Launching Radio Career (3:18)
  • Rejecting Dress Code (1:24)
  • Association President (1:32)
  • Buzz Bissinger (3:10)
  • Falling Out of Favor (2:19)
  • "A Christmas Cage" (1:39)
  • Unfair Trial (1:43)
  • Death Row (2:35)
  • Behind a Glass Wall (1:38)
  • Prison Influences (2:57)
  • Attack on MOVE Compound (2:02)
  • Part of the Prison System (2:09)
  • Republican Southern Strategy (1:21)
  • Raising Awareness (1:03)
  • Reciting Abu-Jamal (1:34)
  • NPR Commentator (2:24)
  • "Democracy Now" (0:56)
  • "Live from Death Row" (2:42)
  • Protesting Abu-Jamal (1:05)
  • "All Things Censored" (3:41)
  • Prison Radio (3:28)
  • Opposition to Free Mumia Cause (1:51)
  • "El Corredor de Los Silenciados" (1:52)
  • Words, the Only Effective Weapon (3:41)
  • "In the Flesh" (1:14)
  • Critical Historian (3:45)
  • Nobel Peace Prize (3:08)
  • Saint Denis, France (1:45)
  • Abu Ghraib (3:00)
  • Abu-Jamal's Celebrity Status (1:49)
  • Radical Journalism (2:09)
  • Revolution is About Love (1:27)
  • "Teachers Baaad" (1:10)
  • Continuing the Fight (1:25)
  • Credits: Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (4:25)