Having grown up in the Philly area in the 70s and 80s, I was curious about this film. I thought it was fairly balanced by showing how crazy MOVE was, but, in the end, showing the police brutality and blatant lying. Oh, and Ed Rendell, good save. I don't know whose bullet killed Officer Ramp, but I generally blame MOVE even more than the belligerent Frank Rizzo. After 40 years, I am good with the parole of Mike Africa Sr. and Ms. Sims (her name escapes me as I write, sorry) Mike Africa Jr. comes off really well. After his parents rightfully went to prison, somebody raised him well. Good for him and great that he and his parents, who now seem very different from the Move members of the 70s, have time together. The "but" in my title is the lack of follow-up in the documentary. And the balls to have Wilson Goode talking about police mistakes when HE was the one who authorized dropping the concusion bomb on Osage Ave. in the 80s. No mention of how MOVE again terrorized a community. LNo mention of how they forced the children to live in squaler. No mention of storing gasoline on the roof of Osage Ave.. More Death followed.
40 Years a Prisoner
2020
Crime / Documentary

40 Years a Prisoner
2020
Crime / Documentary
Synopsis
Philadelphia native Tommy Oliver follows the efforts of Mike Africa Jr. to exonerate his parents, both incarcerated members of the revolutionary group MOVE.
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Kinda fair, but
The winner of "Worst neighbors in history"
I lived outside Philly during the time If parents of any other color had housed their kids in a similar fashion they would have been removed by CPS instantaneously and given to foster families & The only reaction would have been universal nods of approval.
awe... poor baby..
Are you unhappy that youve had to live in a cell for 40 years at the expense of society, millions of dollars wasted on you lot, and for what?! you murder someone, you deserve to die in the same manner. done and doner, dumb and dumber. racizt af dimwits.