1971 [DVD video]

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Title:

1971 [DVD video]

Added Author:

Hamilton, Johanna, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Rhodes, Gabriel, screenwriter.

Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

[New York, New York] : First Run Features, [2015]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

On March 8, 1971, eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, a town just outside of Philadelphia, took hundreds of secret files, and shared them with the public. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI's vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. Despite conducting one of the most thorough investigations in its history, the FBI never solved the mystery of the break-in.

General Note:

Documentary.

"Before the Pentagon papers and WikiLeaks, before Edward Snowden's NSA revelation, there was Media, Pennsylvania."

Contents:

Extra feature: Snowden on 1971. (85 min.) Edward Snowden in conversation with the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI.

Technical Details:

DVD ; NTSC ; widescreen presentation.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Corrupt practices.

Subject Term:

Political crimes and offenses -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.