Black August
01/08/2007
The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.
Movie Information
Gary Dourdan
as George Jackson
Darren Bridgett
as David Dryer
Ezra J. Stanley
as Jonathan Jackson
'Big' LeRoy Mobley
as Lumumba
Vonetta McGee
as Georgia Jackson
Don Williams
as FBI Agent Walker
Greg Gibbs
as Fred Bennett
Leith M. Burke
as W.L. Nolan
Cabran E. Chamberlain
as Policeman
Cully Fredricksen
as Guard Williams
London Freeman
as Disciple
Kathy Garver
as
Bob Greene
as Jean Genet
Michael Greggans
as Assistant Editor
Tim Heinrich
as Rifleman
Charlie Holliday
as Judge Herbert Hayes
Cal Johnson
as Falling Inmate
John Kovacevich
as District Attorney Gary Thomas
Jonté LeGras
as James McClaine
Heather Mathieson
as Mrs. Dryer
Melia Mills
as Brenda Johnson
Patrick Minderler
as Priest
Tina Marie Murray
as Angela Davis
Robert Parsons
as Trustee
Fred Pitts
as Reporter
Allen Pontes
as Print Reporter
Peggy Sandow
as Juror #3
Bob Sáenz
as Prison Official
Joe Tallarico
as Rifleman
Reid Garver Travis
as
