TMDb Rating
5.2/10
6 verified votes
Black August (2007)
Drama
116 min
"For political prisoner George Jackson, revolution was not a choice... it was a necessity"
Plot Summary
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.
Director
Samm Styles
Top Cast
Gary DourdanDarren BridgettEzra J. Stanley'Big' LeRoy MobleyVonetta McGee
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