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Mumia Abu Jamal: A case for reasonable doubt?

Type: TV - Single documentary
Released: 1996
Length: 75 min.
Directed by: John Edginton

Crew

Supervising Producer Nancy Abraham

Producer John Edginton

Camera Bestor Cram

Editor Ray Frawley

Sound Charles Hunt

Executive Producer Sheila Nevins

Production Company Otmoor Productions Ltd

Full credits (Main credits only)

Themes

Status

  • Shown in festivals
  • Available on DVD/VHS
  • Broadcast worldwide

Synopsis:

John Edginton’s incendiary HBO-funded feature documentary  about  the African American political activist /journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, who is  on death row for a crime he may not have committed. Is Jamal a cop killer or  the victim of a flawed justice system?  
 “Can a film help open a jail cell ? I think so .This is a powerful statement about the state of democracy in America today.” - Alice Walker, author of 'The Color Purple’.
Synopsis:
John Edginton’s incendiary HBO-funded feature documentary  about  the African American political activist /journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, who is  on death row for a crime he may not have committed. Is Jamal a cop killer or  the victim of a flawed justice system?  
 “Can a film help open a jail cell ? I think so .This is a powerful statement about the state of democracy in America today.” - Alice Walker, author of 'The Color Purple’.
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