40 Years a Prisoner

40 Years a Prisoner 2020 Released

Directed by Tommy Oliver

Documentary · 110 min

 

40 Years a Prisoner 2020 Released

Directed by Tommy Oliver

Documentary · 110 min

 

He will never be free until his family comes home.

A chronicle of the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on the radical back-to-nature group MOVE and the aftermath that led to a son’s decades-long fight to free his parents. Through eyewitness accounts and archival footage of the escalating tension that resulted in the controversial confrontation between police and MOVE members, the film illuminates the story of a city grappling with racial tension and police brutality with alarming topicality and modern-day... see more

He will never be free until his family comes home.

A chronicle of the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on the radical back-to-nature group MOVE and the aftermath that led to a son’s decades-long fight to free his parents. Through eyewitness accounts and archival footage of the escalating tension that resulted in the controversial confrontation between police and MOVE members, the film illuminates the story of a city grappling with racial tension and police brutality with alarming topicality and modern-day... see more

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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Sep 17, 2020
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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