About

Known credits:
9
Birthday:
1954-04-24
Place of birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mumia Abu-Jamal

Overview

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia is an internationally-recognized award-winning journalist who has written eight books and countless articles and commentaries from a prison cell on death row in Pennsylvania. He has been writing since age 15, first as Minister of Information for the Philadelphia Black Panthers (1969-1971), then for numerous Philadelphia radio and print venues, including National Public Radio.

Known for

Acting

2013 Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal Actor Self 58
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2010 COINTELPRO 101 Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2010 Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal Actor Himself N/A
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2008 The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2008 In Prison My Whole Life Actor Self N/A
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2007 The Jena 6 Actor Narrator N/A
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1999 Zapatista Actor Self (voice) 59
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1998 Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? Actor Himself 59
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1996 All Power to the People! Actor Self 59
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