Black August (2007)
08/01/2007 (US) • 1h 56m
For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
George Jackson
David Dryer
Jonathan Jackson
Lumumba
Georgia Jackson
FBI Agent Walker
Fred Bennett
W.L. Nolan
Policeman
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