Mumia Abu-Jamal
Born: 1954-04-24 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia is an internationally-recognized award-winning journalist who has written eight books and countless articles and commentaries from a prison cell on death row in Pennsylvania. He has been writing since age 15, first as Minister of Information for the Philadelphia Black Panthers (1969-1971), then for numerous Philadelphia radio and print venues, including National Public Radio.
Filmography
2010
- COINTELPRO 101 as Self (archive footage)
- Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal as Himself
2008
- In Prison My Whole Life as Self
- The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation as Narrator (voice)
2007
- Black Devil Doll as Mubia Abul-Jama
- The Jena 6 as Narrator
1999
- Zapatista as Self (voice)
1998
1996
- All Power to the People! as Self