Free Angela and All Political Prisoners 2012 Watch Free in HD

Angela Davis

26 January 1944, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Eisa Davis

5 May 1971, Berkeley, California, USA

Brandon J. Dirden

Shola Lynch

Angela Davis

Played by: Eisa Davis

New York Times

A snappily edited, archivally wallpapered recollection of fearless behavior in the face of an antsy establishment. But it's equally significant as a pointed act of retelling.

April 05, 2013

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The Playlist

Confidently constructed, and aided by an assured focus, this is a solid tribute a woman who was one of many vital pieces of the civil rights movement, and an insightful study of a time when the American identity was being drastically reshaped.

April 03, 2013

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Maven's Nest

Fascinating eye-opener that not only brings history alive, but reverberates into today's controversies over guns, government surveillance, racial profiling, and media frenzy.

January 01, 2016

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Washington Post

"Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" may seem to take place in a distant past, but it resonates with improbable timeliness.

April 05, 2013

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Slant Magazine

It foists its own retelling of Angela Davis's story over any contemplation of her politics, effectively neutering their power as it could apply to today in the hands of a proper film essayist.

April 04, 2013

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AV Club

In spite of its attention-grabbing opening and provocative title, Free Angela And All Political Prisoners is less a work of agitprop than straightforward history, intriguing but never unsettling.

April 04, 2013

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PopMatters

History and media.

April 11, 2013

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Los Angeles Times

Without straining for big-picture significance, it provides a composed look into the revolutionary spirit.

April 05, 2013

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Boston Globe

People who weren't around during the '60s-'70s cusp can hardly appreciate just how weird that time was. "Free Angela" brings that weirdness back.

April 04, 2013

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BET.com

After watching 'Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,' audiences will walk away rejuvenated, thankful and, surprisingly, even more proud to be an American.

March 08, 2013

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TheMovieReport.com

An all too sobering reminder of how, in the purported land of the free, any voices deemed radical and hence dangerous can lead the powers that be to find any remote angle to silence them by whatever force and means they deem necessary.

April 22, 2013

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Variety

Fugitive, radical, communist and philosopher Angela Davis was the lefty hipster's pin-up girl and the right-winger's Afro-ed nightmare, and her authority and charisma are on full display in Free Angela & All Political Prisoners.

April 05, 2013

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