
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Known for Acting · 11 credits
- Born
- 1954-04-24 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (11)

Zapatista
1999
as Self (voice)

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2013
as Self

In Prison My Whole Life
2008
as Self

Black Devil Doll
2007
as Mubia Abul-Jama

All Power to the People!
1996
as Self

COINTELPRO 101
2010
as Self (archive footage)

Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
1998
as Himself

The Jena 6
2007
as Narrator

The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
2008
as Narrator (voice)

Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
2010
as Himself
Träume und andere Realitäten: Rückblick auf 30 Jahre junge Welt
2026
About Mumia Abu-Jamal
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, inclu… With 11 credits spanning from 1996 to 2026, Mumia Abu-Jamal has appeared in 11 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mumia Abu-Jamal Movies
- Zapatista (1999) — as Self (voice)
- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013) — as Self
- In Prison My Whole Life (2008) — as Self
- Black Devil Doll (2007) — as Mubia Abul-Jama
- All Power to the People! (1996) — as Self
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