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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h

Summary Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to Death Row, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him, Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke and inspire. Stephen Vittoria's new featur...

Directed By: Stephen Vittoria

Written By: Stephen Vittoria

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h

Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to Death Row, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him, Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke and inspire. Stephen Vittoria's new featur...

Directed By: Stephen Vittoria

Written By: Stephen Vittoria

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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11% Positive
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67% Mixed
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22% Negative
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May 9, 2013
More a deification than a documentary.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 22, 2013
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.
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Jan 31, 2013
Stephen Vittoria's documentary about Mumia Abu-Jamal -- unrepentant commie cop-killer to some, political martyr to others -- makes no bones about its allegiance.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 31, 2013
The samples of Mr. Abu-Jamal's writings aren't generous enough to establish whether his is a singular voice or just a prolific one, with Mr. Vittoria instead letting the film wander considerably.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 28, 2013
Mumia Abu-Jamal would be the perfect subject for an investigative documentary that explored his life and thought with a calm and even hand. Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary is not that film.
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Jan 29, 2013
Purports to tell the true story of the titular imprisoned, controversially outspoken death-penalty opponent, but eventually degenerates into an orgy of congratulation.
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Jan 29, 2013
Oblique and thickly layered with rhetoric, this account does little to illuminate Mumia the man, but it sets Mumia the statue aglow.
By Michelle Orange FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Street Legal Cinema
Release Date Feb 1, 2013
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Long-Distance-Revolutionary/302805259741311
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