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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

Name: Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-03-01
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 6

Documentary

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Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and sentenced to death in a trial marked by controversial prosecutorial and defense tactics and charges of racism.

03-01-1998

1h 14m

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

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Main Cast

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia is an internationally-recognized award-winning journalist who has written eight books and countless articles and commentaries from a prison cell on death row in Pennsylvania. He has been writing since age 15, first as Minister of Information for the Philadelphia Black Panthers (1969-1971), then for numerous Philadelphia radio and print venues, including National Public Radio.

Known For

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

2013

COINTELPRO 101

2010

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation

2008

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Movie Details

Production Info

Director:: John Edginton

Writer:: John Edginton

Production:: Otmoor Productions Limited, Fox Lorber Features

Key Crew

Executive Producer:: Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer:: John Edginton

Producer:: Sarah Teale

Locations and Languages

Country:: US

Filming:: US

Languages:: en