The story of a notorious 1971 activist burglary of an FBI office that led to the Bureau's numerous abuses against dissidents being exposed.The story of a notorious 1971 activist burglary of an FBI office that led to the Bureau's numerous abuses against dissidents being exposed.The story of a notorious 1971 activist burglary of an FBI office that led to the Bureau's numerous abuses against dissidents being exposed.
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Bonnie Raines
- Self - Citizens' Commission
- (as Bonnie)
Keith Forsyth
- Self - Citizens' Commission
- (as Keith)
J. Edgar Hoover
- Self - Director of the FBI
- (archive footage)
Ben Bradlee
- Self - Executive Editor, The Washington Post
- (archive footage)
- (as Benjamin C. Bradlee)
Katharine Graham
- Self - Publisher, The Washington Post
- (archive footage)
George McGovern
- Self - Senator, South Dakota
- (archive footage)
Bob Dole
- Self - Senator, Kansas
- (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
- Self - 37th President of the United States
- (archive footage)
Neil Welch
- Self - Former FBI Agent
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
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- GoofsIn the recreation of the crime scene which occurs during the Ali - Frazier fight of March 8th 1971, there are cut aways to another person in the building watching the fight. The fight was closed circuit only, and there was no cable TV in 1971, so anybody wanting to see the fight live either had to be in the arena or in theaters and auditoriums broadcasting the fight for a fee.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cameraperson (2016)
- SoundtracksI Spy (For The F.B.I.)
Performed by Luther Ingram & The G-Men
Smash Records
Re-released in 1971 following the revelations of the Media Buglary
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It's interesting how mass media works on a very-short-term memory. Things that happened today are always said to never have happened before. And then once in a while, they just unearth old information in the form of documentaries. This is a documentary about the 1971 breaking in the FBI office in Media, a suburb of philadelphia to expose infiltration practices of the amerikan political police, which will lead to the exposition of cointelpro. This documentary isn't all about old news though, as the time has passed long enough for the activist to become public about it without any fear of repression. Over forty years later, they get to tell their own stories and the security culture involved in remaining free and unsuspected in the four decades since. It was being streamed on PBS for free during the time of anniversary of the burglary.
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- Nov 1, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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