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Black August
"For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity"
5.2(6 votes)
2007
1h 56m
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.
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Production
Budget:$1,500,000
Languages
Original:en
Spoken:
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
