1971

Name: 1971
Genre: History, Thriller, Documentary, News
Released: February 6, 2015
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 73

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Film Collaborative, The | Release Date: February 6, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: On March 8, 1971, The Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, as they called themselves, broke into a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, took every file, and shared them with the American public. These actions exposed COINTELPRO, the FBI's illegal surveillance program that involved the intimidation of law-abiding Americans andOn March 8, 1971, The Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, as they called themselves, broke into a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, took every file, and shared them with the American public. These actions exposed COINTELPRO, the FBI's illegal surveillance program that involved the intimidation of law-abiding Americans and helped lead to the country's first Congressional investigation of U.S. intelligence agencies. Never caught, forty-three years later, these everyday Americans – parents, teachers and citizens – publicly reveal themselves for the first time and share their story in the documentary 1971.… Expand

Director: Johanna Hamilton

Genre(s): History, Thriller, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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The Playlist Gabe Toro

Feb 4, 2015

Director Johanna Hamilton should be credited for getting these faces in front of the camera, to humanize political rebellion of an early era not as some sepia-toned memory, but a story of very human individuals. Read full review

Steve Macfarlane

Feb 6, 2015

Johanna Hamilton's 1971 represents a mind-blowing scoop disguised as a fairly garden-variety issue doc. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Mar 12, 2015

Don't mistake a lack of flash for an absence of substance. The story told here couldn't be more significant or more timely. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Feb 5, 2015

Now, in Johanna Hamilton’s fiery truth-to-power documentary, those gray-haired agitators finally step out of the shadows to explain what they did and why they did it (with the help of some slightly hokey dramatic reenactments). Their message—namely, Who will watch the watchmen? — remains as important today as it was 44 years ago. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Feb 5, 2015

Ms. Hamilton’s straightforward documentary skillfully interweaves reminiscences by members of the group with re-enactments of the burglary. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Feb 4, 2015

To her credit, Hamilton lays out their story cleanly and with no small amount of tension, all while drawing strong connections to Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the Edward Snowden case. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Feb 4, 2015

It’s mainly instructive in that it shows how liberals believe the end always justifies the means. Read full review

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