Black August
“For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity”
2007•NR•1h 56m•5.9•Released
Drama
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.
Director
Samm Styles
Writer
TCinque J. Sampson
Budget
$2M
Languages
English
Cast
Gary Dourdan
George Jackson
Darren Bridgett
David Dryer
Ezra J. Stanley
Jonathan Jackson
'Big' LeRoy Mobley
Lumumba
Vonetta McGee
Georgia Jackson
Don Williams
FBI Agent Walker
Greg Gibbs
Fred Bennett
Leith M. Burke
W.L. Nolan
Cabran E. Chamberlain
Policeman
Cully Fredricksen
Guard Williams
London Freeman
Disciple
Kathy Garver
Bob Greene
Jean Genet
Michael Greggans
Assistant Editor
Tim Heinrich
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