Mumia Abu-Jamal

Known for: Acting
Born: April 24, 1954
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

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Steal This Story, Please! 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Träume und andere Realitäten: Rückblick auf 30 Jahre junge Welt 2026
Actor
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal 2013
as Self
COINTELPRO 101 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal 2010
as Himself
The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation 2008
as Narrator (voice)
In Prison My Whole Life 2008
as Self
The Jena 6 2007
as Narrator
Black Devil Doll 2007
as Mubia Abul-Jama
Zapatista 1999
as Self (voice)
Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? 1998
as Himself
All Power to the People! 1996
as Self

Credits from TMDB.