The story of how, in 1970, the social activism of young UCLA philosophy professor Angela Davis led her to become involved in a failed kidnapping attempt that ended in a shootout, four deaths, and her name on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.
Cast
Angela Davis
Self
Deacon Alexander
Self
Bettina Aptheker
Self
Richard Arnason
Self
Lowell Bergman
Self
Stephen Bingham
Self
Leo Branton
Self
Margaret Burnham
Self
Earl Caldwell
Self
Elisabeth Coleman
Self
Fania E. Davis
Self
William Divale
Self
Howard Moore Jr.
Self
Stephen Shames
Self
Doris Brin Walker
Self
David Weir
Self
Charles E. Young
Self
Eisa Davis
Angela Davis
Brandon J. Dirden
George Jackson
Huey P. Newton
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Seale
Self (archive footage)
Franklin Alexander
Self (archive footage)
Ed Reinecke
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
George Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Jonathan Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Michael Tigar
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Judy Aley
Archival Footage Coordinator
Shola Lynch
Director, Writer, Producer
Lewis Erskine
Editor
Marion Monnier
Editor
Sandi Sissel
Director of Photography
Bradford Young
Director of Photography
Jada Pinkett Smith
Executive Producer
Jay-Z
Executive Producer
James Lassiter
Executive Producer
Will Smith
Executive Producer
Carole Lambert
Producer
Sidra Smith
Producer
Carine Ruszniewski
Producer
Christine Turner
Associate Producer
Suzannah Herbert
Associate Producer
Sonia Gonzalez
Associate Producer
Antoine Manceaux
Visual Effects Coordinator
Vernon Reid
Original Music Composer
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