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1971: Film Night at the OMNI
Date:
Wednesday, July 01, 2015
Time:
8:00 PM
-
10:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Optik Allusions
Location Details:
Omni Commons
4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland
4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland
Optik Allusions/ Oscar Grant Committee presents:
A film about direct action to expose government surveillance.
On March 8, 1971, the night of the “Fight of the Century” boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, eight activists, calling themselves the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, broke into to the small FBI field office in Media, Pennsylvania. They took hundreds of files from the office and mailed anonymously to the newspapers and congressmen. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI’s vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of Americans.The most significant revelation was an illegal program overseen by lifelong FBI director J. Edgar Hoover known as COINTELPRO – the Counter Intelligence Program.
Q & A after the screening
$5 suggested donation but no one turned away for the lack of funds
A film about direct action to expose government surveillance.
On March 8, 1971, the night of the “Fight of the Century” boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, eight activists, calling themselves the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, broke into to the small FBI field office in Media, Pennsylvania. They took hundreds of files from the office and mailed anonymously to the newspapers and congressmen. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI’s vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of Americans.The most significant revelation was an illegal program overseen by lifelong FBI director J. Edgar Hoover known as COINTELPRO – the Counter Intelligence Program.
Q & A after the screening
$5 suggested donation but no one turned away for the lack of funds
Added to the calendar on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 11:02AM
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