Having grown up in the Philly area in the 70s and 80s, I was curious about this film. I thought it was fairly balanced by showing how crazy MOVE was, but, in the end, showing the police brutality and blatant lying. Oh, and Ed Rendell, good save. I don't know whose bullet killed Officer Ramp, but I generally blame MOVE even more than the belligerent Frank Rizzo. After 40 years, I am good with the parole of Mike Africa Sr. and Ms. Sims (her name escapes me as I write, sorry) Mike Africa Jr. comes off really well. After his parents rightfully went to prison, somebody raised him well. Good for him and great that he and his parents, who now seem very different from the Move members of the 70s, have time together. The "but" in my title is the lack of follow-up in the documentary. And the balls to have Wilson Goode talking about police mistakes when HE was the one who authorized dropping the concusion bomb on Osage Ave. in the 80s. No mention of how MOVE again terrorized a community. LNo mention of how they forced the children to live in squaler. No mention of storing gasoline on the roof of Osage Ave.. More Death followed.
Review of 40 Years a Prisoner
