Drama · United States of America · 2007 · 1h 56m

Black August

Director

Cast

Gary Dourdan as George Jackson Darren Bridgett as David Dryer Ezra J. Stanley as Jonathan Jackson 'Big' LeRoy Mobley as Lumumba Vonetta McGee as Georgia Jackson Don Williams as FBI Agent Walker

Crew

Kev Robertson — Director of Photography Juan 'Uglyfingers' Blair — Original Music Composer TCinque J. Sampson — Writer

Tagline

For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

prison racism

Key Collaborators

Samm Styles Director Kev Robertson Director of Photography Juan 'Uglyfingers' Blair Original Music Composer TCinque J. Sampson Writer

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