{"id":66048,"date":"2013-06-27T16:17:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T16:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/06\/27\/shola-lynchs-free-angela-and-all-political-prisoners-hits-dvd-on-august-20\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:18:14","slug":"shola-lynchs-free-angela-and-all-political-prisoners-hits-dvd-on-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/shola-lynchs-free-angela-and-all-political-prisoners-hits-dvd-on-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners hits DVD on August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shola Lynch<\/a>‘s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners<\/a> hits DVD on August 20<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

June 27, 2013<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Shola Lynch<\/a><\/strong>‘s amazing documentary, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners<\/a><\/strong> will arrive on DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet), Digital Download and Video on Demand August 20 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Free Angela is a gripping historic account of the events that catapulted a young University of California philosophy professor into a controversial political icon in the turbulent late 1960\u2019s. Angela Davis joins the Communist Party, protests with the Black Panthers, and becomes a principle spokesperson for the burgeoning prison reform movement. As a result, she finds herself Fighting to keep her job, and in the national media spotlight characterized by her many detractors as a dangerous subversive menace, and by her supporters as a strong leader challenging authority and boldly advocating for \u201cPower to All People.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So on August 7th, 1970, when Angela is implicated in the politically motivated kidnapping and murder of a judge in a brazen daylight shootout at the Marin County, CA courthouse, the nation wonders and Newsweek magazine asks: \u201cWhat would prompt the daughter of the black bourgeoisie to take a desperate turn to terrorism?\u201d<\/p>\n

Angela flees California, convinced she will not be given a fair trial and is placed on the FBI\u2019s 10 Most Wanted list. After a national manhunt she is captured two months later in New York City. Charged with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy, Angela is put on trial in one of the most sensational court cases of its time. After a two-year legal battle, an all white jury acquits her on all charges in 1972.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s an edge-of-your seat thriller told for the first time by Angela and others who lived through the events firsthand.<\/p>\n

Free Angela is a must see documentary! A candid and powerful account of the tumultuous times and a woman who challenges a society that is afraid of all that she represents. Filled with elements of intrigue, suspense and conspiracies, the film delivers by empowering and inspiring diverse international audiences with its message of hope and redemption.<\/p>\n

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