MOVE: Confrontation in Philadelphia

May 15th, 2009  |  Published in Police State  |  1 Comment

a fast-paced, independently created documentary film of the events in the late seventies which lead up to the Philadelphia police arrest of members of MOVE, a radical mostly black commune. the video journalists reveal the complex relationship of media bias, police harassment, and subtle economic motivation in the violent removal of MOVE.

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  1. MOVE: Ramona Africa, part 2 - from the Hallie Q. Brown Center :: Our World In Depth says:

    June 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm (#)

    [...] Interested in more information about MOVE? check out part 1 of Ramona Africa’s talk: Ramona Africa, part 1 also, a great independently produced documentary about MOVE from the 1970s: MOVE: Confrontation in Philadelphia [...]

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