Black August
For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity
2007-08-01 | 116 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Gary DourdanGeorge Jackson
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Darren BridgettDavid Dryer
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'Big' LeRoy MobleyLumumba
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Vonetta McGeeGeorgia Jackson
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Don WilliamsFBI Agent Walker
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Leith M. BurkeW.L. Nolan
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Cabran E. ChamberlainPoliceman
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Kathy Garver
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Charlie HollidayJudge Herbert Hayes
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Cal JohnsonFalling Inmate
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John KovacevichDistrict Attorney Gary Thomas
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Heather MathiesonMrs. Dryer
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