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Black August by Samm Styles, TCinque Sampson
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Elisabeth Nunziato, Ezra J. Stanley, Gary Dourdan, Leith M. Burke, Tina Marie Murray Director: 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 AugustMovie Review: Buy this movie! 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 AugustInmate 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.
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