More of a tribute than a hard-hitting piece of American filmmaking, which is too bad, because the subject - the imprisonment of ex-Black Panther figure Mumia Abu-Jamal - deserves a thorough, serious examination.
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013 · 2h · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Stephen Vittoria
Overview
The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Director Stephen Vittoria lines up a roster of writers and educators, actors and activists, to sing Abu-Jamal's praise. And praise they do.
A film that would let us decide the pros and cons of his life for ourselves would certainly be welcome.
"Mumia" gradually becomes a persuasive attempt to celebrate the content of his character, not the violence that apparently led to his imprisonment.
Vittoria avoids discussing the crime for which Abu-Jamal spent 29 years in solitary confinement on death row, instead tracing the path of a brilliant journalist whose message cannot be silenced.
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