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1971 / a film by Johanna Hamilton ; a production of Maximum Pictures LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; Maximum Pictures & Fork Films present ; in association with Big Mouth Productions, Motto Pictures, Ford Foundation JustFilms, Candescent Films ; directed and produced by Johanna Hamilton ; produced by Marilyn Ness, Katy Chevigny ; written by Johanna Hamilton, Gabriel Rhodes.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FRF 916769D | First Run FeaturesLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [New York, New York] : First Run Features, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Nineteen seventy-one
  • Title on container: 1971 : the year a few ordinary citizens took on the FBI
  • Year a few ordinary citizens took on the FBI
Uniform titles:
  • 1971 (Motion picture : 2014)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Extra feature: Snowden on 1971. (85 min.) Edward Snowden in conversation with the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI.
Production credits:
  • Original music, Philip Sheppard.
Summary: 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.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD 363.2509 N714 Checked out 05/13/2024 33111008637932
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 excercising 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.

Documentary.

DVD ; NTSC ; widescreen presentation.

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles ; optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Original music, Philip Sheppard.

Program content: ©2014.

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.

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

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

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