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- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
- 1 h 50 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
- 1 h 50 m
Summary Philadelphia native Tommy Oliver follows the efforts of Mike Africa Jr. to exonerate his parents, both incarcerated members of the revolutionary group MOVE.
Directed By: Tommy Oliver
Written By: Tommy Oliver
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
- 1 h 50 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO Max
- 1 h 50 m
40 Years a Prisoner
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Summary Philadelphia native Tommy Oliver follows the efforts of Mike Africa Jr. to exonerate his parents, both incarcerated members of the revolutionary group MOVE.
Directed By: Tommy Oliver
Written By: Tommy Oliver
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Ordinary but sufficiently effective in its execution, the film’s most resonant segments are those where the upstanding son reflects on his torn family and a rotten system in which paroling alleged offenders even after so much time is seen as an affront to the toxic institutional loyalty to police.
So many of our problems remain, but 40 Years a Prisoner presents a valuable primer on what mistakes not to repeat.
Director Tommy Oliver’s gritty documentary 40 Years A Prisoner not only recounts the violent events that led up to the raid, mixing eyewitness testimony with gripping news footage, but in heartwarming fashion, also presents the tireless pursuit by a son to free his parents.
Structurally, the documentary is a mess and I'm not convinced it quite lands on the story it wants to tell, but it's engaging and enraging nonetheless.
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Production Company
Confluential Films,
Freedom Road Productions,
Get Lifted Film Company
Release Date Dec 4, 2020
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
The Webby Awards
• 1 Nomination
