Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
April 24, 1954 (age 71)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mumia Abu-Jamal
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.
Known For
Film
All Power to the People!
Self
1996
Film
In Prison My Whole Life
Self
2008
Film
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
2013
Film
Zapatista
Self (voice)
1999
Film
COINTELPRO 101
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
Himself
1998
Film
The Jena 6
Narrator
2007
Film
The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Himself
2010
Filmography
2013FilmLong Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamalas Self2010FilmCOINTELPRO 101as Self (archive footage)2010FilmJustice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamalas Himself2008FilmThe Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantationas Narrator (voice)2008FilmIn Prison My Whole Lifeas Self2007FilmThe Jena 6as Narrator1999FilmZapatistaas Self (voice)1998FilmMumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?as Himself1996FilmAll Power to the People!as Self