Black August
by Samm Styles, TCinque Sampson
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Actor: Elisabeth Nunziato, Ezra J. Stanley, Gary Dourdan, Leith M. Burke, Tina Marie MurrayDirector: Samm Styles, TCinque Sampson
Brand: DOURDAN,GARY
Cinematographer: Kev Robertson
Composer: Juan "Uglyfingers" Blair
Editor: Judd Flemming
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Movie Reviews of Black August
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Summary: 5 Stars
Overall, Black August is a very good movie. Dourdan does a superb job in his role as George Jackson. The only problems I have with this movie are the use of artistic license that create historical inaccuracies and the weird scenes that involve Dourdan practicing Kung Fu while his voice over narrates real letters written by Jackson.
Historical Inaccuracy....
In the movie, lawyer Stephen Bingham is shown to have smuggled in the 9mm handgun for Jackson's escape plan. In reality, Bingham denies smuggling in a weapon and was even acquitted for his alleged involvement in the plan. Furthermore, there is a lack of proof that Jackson had an escape plan ready. Also, former Black Panthers and students of black history claim that the actual 9mm handgun found at the scene was impounded by the FBI in a raid on a Black Panther safe house two years earlier; which suggests that Jackson's death had been a political assassination followed by an extensive cover-up.
In other words- Buy this movie and take a history class.
Summary of Black August
Inmate activist George Lester Jackson?s (CSI's Gary Dourdan) short life became a flashpoint for revolution, igniting the bloodiest riot in San Quentin?s history. In a story ripped from history?s headlines, Black August traces Jackson?s spiritual journey and violent fate, from being sent up on a one-year-to-life sentence for robbing a gas station of $71, to galvanizing the Black Guerrilla Family with his incendiary book of letters, Soledad Brother, to the fierce August day when his younger brother Jonathan shocked the world by taking a California courtroom hostage to protest Jackson?s upcoming trial.Similar DVD Movies
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