What a waste of my time!!!

the audience applauded

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Most of what I would say about the great value of this film has been eloquently covered by earlier reviewers. I found that I got far more out of the documentary on the second viewing--the editing is tight, so almost every statement by the commentators gives the viewer/listener something to chew on, and, as a result, one can miss a few succeeding ideas while one is digesting any given idea. I'm confident that the documentary could easily bear a rewarding 3rd and 4th viewing. It's a real feast of stimulating insights, in other words.I think it would be wise for viewers who are completely new to the subject to learn a little about the facts of the case before seeing the documentary. The film's value lies in its focusing on the political factors influencing Mumia's development as an internationally influential revolutionary in the most powerful of all capitalist states. While one does not NEED detailed information on the chain of events leading to his frame-up and incarceration in order to appreciate the film, questions related to his legal situation are bound to arise for the uninitiated. There are fine documentaries and books that address the facts of the trial as argued by the defense and prosecution at length, but it should suffice a complete newcomer just to find a brief chronology of events and summary of political factors before seeing this particular documentary.The film is truly exceptional. Both the activist and the merely curious should embrace its unique contribution to our understanding of the world we live in and the need to resist the oppression that characterizes this epoch in history. Many, many thanks to the makers and producers of this wonderful documentary and, of course, to Mumia and MOVE!

This film is about Mumia Abu-Jamal and does an amazing job of humanizing him. It chronicles his life and provides incite into many aspects of American culture. The film includes interviews with supporters and opponents of Mumia and it allows the viewer to draw his/her own conclusion. His story is a story of American history that should be told and retold. This film does a great job of condensing his story into a fascinating and exciting time slot. After watching this film you cannot deny how special of a person Mumia Abu-Jamal is. The world would be a better place if more people watched this film.

This documentary takes you on a journey with Mumia, the main character, and his love of family, work, people, and what it means to have to struggle as a revolutionary in an open racist society. This story shares a lot about his educational, political and occupational formation, and brings to light an intellectual who takes very seriously his professional career as a journalist. One is able to understand that Mumia never ever gives up even under very repressive and horrendous conditions, and influences you to do the same, which is good. His love for reading, writing and learning is evident in this story. His love for everything that denotes struggling and mass movements organized against the repressive apparatus clearly illuminates his self-determination to press forward with the truth and not to cave into despair and darkness which the system wants to force on him.This documentary stirs the mind and imagination, what is mentally weak is force and repression, and what is mentally strong is depicted as being under extreme surviellance and repression. One can see how the repressive forces in society conspire against unity and ties of solidarity, and how they tear to pieces family ties through organized crime and murder(Manufacturing Guilt). Mumia's thousands of commentaries are recorded and broadcasted by www.prisonradio.org. There, at that website, one can become educated in a quick span of time, and this contribution somehow offsets the gap in the educational infracstructure. This whole documentary is a journey also through the real love of learning and wanting a decent society where everyone is elevated to succeed in a positive way. See this documentary and you will see other living intellectuals who are part of the progressive historical makeup of the United States express their genuine and loving feelings towards Mumia. Of course others in this film express their negative feelings. Overall, this documentary is very revealing of what it is to struggle and support a family, and get treated malevolently and shafted by the power structure all because one is a bright and shining force for people the world over.And one of the top notched journalist and radio broadcaster in the whole universe.

Although i thought I knew a lot about the case of Mumia Abu-jamal, i knew that he was innocent. I knew that he was framed by the DA, mayor and the Philadelphia police department. I knew that his trial was a travesty with the judge a member of the FOP and quoted having made racist statements about Mumia. I knew that witnesses had been threatened and coerced. Like i said, I knew a lot. I knew he was innocent and that someone else even confessed to the crime. I learned a great deal about the man Mumia and not just the political figure. Mumia's brilliance and insight has flowered behind prison walls and through tremendous disadvantage. I thank the director, Stephen Vittoria for his sensitive work in taking on this controversial story. I have seen it in theaters and own the DVD.