The City of Philadelphia’s long and bloody conflict with the MOVE organization, a “radical” back-to-nature group that followed the teachings of John Africa, forms the backdrop to the HBO documentary 40 Years a Prisoner.In 1978, the Philadelphia Police Department stormed the MOVE compound with armored vehicles, bulldozers and 600 officers, triggering a gun battle that left one policeman dead.
Nine MOVE members, including Mike Africa and his wife, Debbie Africa, who was eight months pregnant at the time, were arrested.
A few weeks after her arrest Debbie gave birth, behind bars, to a boy the couple named Mike Africa Jr.The documentary, directed by Tommy Oliver, follows Mike Jr on a lifelong journey to win his parents’ freedom and see his
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