“Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners,” Tells Davis’ Story In Her Own Words

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Reported by Malcolm Morrow

“Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners” is a recently released documentary that shows Davis’ gripping rise in infamy to the point she was one of the fugitives on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. Angela Davis’ story is amazing and seems almost as if it were a Hollywood thriller as opposed to someone’s real life.

Here’s what BlackFilm.com said of the documentary: “Free Angela is a gripping historic account of the events that catapulted a young University of California philosophy professor into a controversial political icon in the turbulent late 1960’s. Angela Davis joins the Communist Party, protests with the Black Panthers, and becomes a principle spokesperson for the burgeoning prison reform movement. As a result, she finds herself Fighting to keep her job, and in the national media spotlight characterized by her many detractors as a dangerous subversive menace, and by her supporters as a strong leader challenging authority and boldly advocating for ‘Power to All People.’”

Davis is a Black historic figure that often doesn’t get the recognition she deserves. It’s great that she is getting the chance to tell her story in her own words and possibly even reach a younger generation in an attempt to show them they can work to achieve anything they put their mind to. This film shows what history books often leave out when discussing the Civil Rights Movement — the more “radical” figures.

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Malcolm Morrow, a Your Black World Network contributor, is a senior, criminal justice major at The University of Southern Miss