Synopsis
FREE ANGELA is a feature-length documentary about Angela Davis and the high stakes crime, political movement, and trial that catapults the 26 year-old newly appointed philosophy professor at the University of California at Los Angeles into a seventies revolutionary political icon. Nearly forty years later, and for the first time, Angela Davis speaks frankly about the actions that branded her as a terrorist and simultaneously spurred a worldwide political movement for her freedom.
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Cast
- Angela DavisSelf
- Eisa DavisAngela Davis
Recommendations
nougatWhile I got to learn about Angela Davis and her engagement, I was also disappointed by this documentary, which turned out to be an apology of Angela Davis more than an explanation of her ideas and how they relate to a historical and political context. At the end of the movie, I had more questions, raised mainly by the ambiguity of Davis's position on the use of violence, which was hardly addressed by the film. Also, crappy reconstitutions suck.Created on 4/10/2013
