Anno | 2009 |
Genere | Documentario |
Produzione | USA |
Durata | 85 minuti |
Regia di | Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler |
Attori | Herman Badillo, Harry Belafonte, Clyde Bellecourt, Daniel Berrigan, Julian Bond (II) Jimmy Breslin, Alan M. Dershowitz, Phil Donahue, Elizabeth M. Fink, Fred Hampton, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Tom Hayden, Bruce Jackson, Ron Kuby, Karin Kunstler Goldman, William Kunstler, Nancy Kurshan, Gerald Lefcourt, C. Vernon Mason, Bill Means, Michael Ratner. |
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