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.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
First Run Features,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
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