Word: mumia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smiling face on the posters belongs to Mumia Abu Jamal, and while the explanation for his status as a beloved martyr is quite complex, the facts of his case are quite simple. On Dec. 9, 1981, Officer Daniel Faulkner of the Philadelphia Police Department stopped a Volkswagen, driven by Mr. William Cook, for a routine traffic violation. When he approached the car he was attacked by Cook, and a scuffle ensued. While Faulkner tried to subdue his assailant, Jamal, Cook's brother, approached the scene from across the street and shot Faulkner in the back, at point blank range...
...store also rents videos and has a television and VCR which they use for movie showings. They recently showed "A Case of Reasonable Doubt," and HBO documentary about the controversial imprisonment of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a radio reporter jailed in Pennsylvania for the murder of a police officer...
Additionally, the front window displays a "Free Mumia" poster. Revolution Books is one of very few bookstores to carry Abu-Jamal's book, Live from Death Row, O'Leary says...
...case around Mumia Abu-Jamal-it isn't in the same breath as what was going on the '80s. It represents the embryo of what could be. There's a certain feeling of alienation and cynicism that people themselves don't identify with the same political concerns...
Month in, month out, the Harvard Film Archive reminds us of the Mumia Abu-Jamal case through a screening of Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?, directed by John Edington. This has been promised to continue until the trial is brought true justice. This month is no different, the description discreetly tucked into the corner of the monthly schedule, though lacking the usual explanation for the regularity of its screening. When we've been particularly lucky, we've been blessed with an accompanying booksale, right by the theater doors. This weekend, you can see the movie for yourself...