2010Nominee
Best Performance
COINTELPRO 101
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Actor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
April 24, 1954
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.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Black Devil Doll
2013Winner
Best Performance
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Career Highlights
1996Highlight
Best Performance
All Power to the People!
1999Highlight
Best Performance
Zapatista
Video
Black Devil Doll
Zapatista
In Prison My Whole Life