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Title:
1971 [videorecording (DVD)]

Nineteen seventy-one

1971 : the year a few ordinary citizens took on the FBI

Year a few ordinary citizens took on the FBI
Author:
Hamilton, Johanna, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Ness, Marilyn, film producer.

Chevigny, Katy, film producer.

Rhodes, Gabriel, screenwriter.

Sheppard, Philip, composer.

Maximum Pictures, presenter, production company.

Independent Television Service, production company.

Fork Films, presenter.

Big Mouth Productions, presenter.

Motto Pictures, presenter.

JustFilms (Firm), presenter.

Candescent Films, presenter.

First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.
Format:
DVD / Blu-ray
Subject Term:
Political crimes and offenses -- Pennsylvania -- Case studies.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.

Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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 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.