Black August

Overview

The last 14 months of George Jackson's life was an existence under subjective and objective conditions in California's industrial prison complex. George Jackson would spend 11 years in jail (7 of which were in solitary confinement) for a $70 gas station robbery crime in 1960. He was 18 years of age when the sentence of one year-to-life was handed down to him.

Cast

Gary Dourdan

George Jackson

Darren Bridgett

David Dryer

N/A

Ezra J. Stanley

Jonathan Jackson

'Big' LeRoy Mobley

Lumumba

Vonetta McGee

Georgia Jackson

Don Williams

FBI Agent Walker

N/A

Greg Gibbs

Fred Bennett

Leith M. Burke

W.L. Nolan

Cabran E. Chamberlain

Policeman

Cully Fredricksen

Guard Williams

N/A

London Freeman

Disciple

Kathy Garver