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1971 is a 2014 American documentary film and the directorial debut of producer Johanna Hamilton, who also co-wrote the film. The film had its world premiere on 18 April 2014 at the Tribeca Film Festival and focuses on the break-in of an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania on Monday, March 8, 1971, to steal over 1000 classified documents. [3]
Apr 18, 2014 · On March 8th, 1971, eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, PA. Calling themselves the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, they removed every file in the office. Mailed anonymously, the stolen documents started to show up in newsrooms. The heist yielded a trove of damning evidence.
Jun 13, 2022 · Johanna Hamilton is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her previous work includes “1971″, which chronicled the break-in at an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania that revealed the existence of COINTELPRO; “Wrong Man,” a Starz series on wrongful convictions; “Parched,” a National Geographic Channel series about the politics ...
Johanna Hamilton is known for 1971 (2014), The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022) and Independent Lens (1999).
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Jun 5, 2015 · 1971: Directed by Johanna Hamilton. With Bonnie Raines, John Raines, Bob Williamson, Keith Forsyth. The story of a notorious 1971 activist burglary of an FBI office that led to the Bureau's numerous abuses against dissidents being exposed.
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- 2015-06-05
Filmmaker Johanna Hamilton talks about the making of the new doc about the exposure of FBI counter-culture, civil rights, and anti-war surveillance, 1971.
Johanna Hamilton’s 1971 tells the story of eight activists who plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans. Despite searching for the perpetrators in one of the largest investigations ever conducted, the FBI never solved the mystery behind the identities of the burglars.
