40 Years A Prisoner (2020)

Biography, Documentary, Drama, History

Director: Tommy Oliver

Writer(s): Tommy Oliver

Starring: Mike Africa Jr., Debbie Africa, Mike Africa Sr., Janine Africa, Ramona Africa, Delbert Africa, Tom Kranz, Consuela Africa, Mo Africa, Phil Africa, Sue Africa, Carlos Africa, Kitty Caparella, Linn Washington Jr., Tom Hesson, Laverne Sims, Louise James, Jeanette (Pam Africa) Knighton, Bob Hurst, Walt Palmer, Joel Todd, Craig McCoy, Frank Rizzo, Larry Shainman, Margaret Sosnowski, Fred J. DiBona Jr., John Penrose, Dick Gregory, Charles Devlin, Oscar Gaskins, Jack Jones, Don Fair, Pat Warren, Robin Mackintosh, Roy Weissinger, Edward Rendell, Joseph O’Neill, Chuck Peruto Jr., George Parry, Joseph Zagame, Terrance Mulvihill, Charles Geist, Beverly Williams, Kim Sedgwick, Darryl Irwin, Edwin Malmed, Wilson Goode, Larry Krasner, Brad Thomson, Bret Grote

Synopsis: Filmmaker Tommy Oliver documents activist Mike Africa Jr.’s fight to exonerate his parents, who were among nine members of the revolutionary group MOVE imprisoned after a violent police raid on their Philadelphia commune in 1978.

Release Date: December 8, 2020 (USA) | Length: 110 min | Genre: Biography, Drama, History | MPAA Rating: NR

Note: An HBO original. To Premiered at TIFF on September 17, 2020. Above is the HBO release date.