All Power to the People!

All Power to the People!

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 1, 1996

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

History, Documentary

User Score

58%

Original Title

All Power to the People!

Director

Lee Lew Lee

Description

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s. Covering the history of slavery, civil-rights activists, political assassinations and exploring the methods used to divide and destroy key figures of movements by government forces, the film then contrasts into Reagan-Era events, privacy threats from new technologies and the failure of the “War on Drugs”, forming a comprehensive view of the goals, aspirations and ultimate demise of the Civil Rights Movement…