Absolutely the worst movie.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The movie is well-done showing Mumia to be a bright man and excellent writer. The movie excerpts speeches and writings presenting a compelling picture. Speaker after speaker discusses his impact.That said, the movie is unabashedly one-sided. It appears he killed a policeman and an even-handed movie would have provided a section from the policeman's family discussing the devastation to her family. Indeed, in this debate, each side seems to ignore the other. Certainly a family has the right to speak of the devastating loss and to argue a murderer should not be given a platform.Some of the political discussions are one-sided too. No one can or should defend slavery or segregation and it is a blight on our heritage. But one can argue that vigorous law enforcement has made some much better cities for Afro-Americans and whites alike. Is Detroit better today because of lax law enforcement.The Harlem of 2010 after Mayor Guiliani law enforcement platform is better than the Harlem of 1975, with restaurants instead of drug-dens, museums, art galleries, and sundry stores instead of blighted buildings, jobs instead of desperation. White it is not perfect, New York is a far better city than nearby Newark or, probably in part because of vigorous law enforcement.The movie does note the sad increase in prison population, disproportionately impacting black men. How do you create a reasonably safe society, benefiting both Afro-Americans and Whites, without consequences or prisons. The movie is long on creating straw men and talking about problems, less about realistic solutions. Jamal rightly says that with a large 7 digit prison population we need to develop some realistic way of improving their lives instead of just warehousing them. I did not see the movie as providing those realistic solutions.The movie rightly chronicles and condemns the horrors of slavery and segregation. Whether that telling helps and why is a tougher question. Holocaust survivors saw burning of Jewish homes and businesses, starvation, beatings, murder, desecration of bodies. Many went on to be extraordinarily successful and live fulfilling lives. While they could never forget the murder of parents or brothers or sisters, they would put that aside as they lived impactful lives. Jamal teaches the opposite and one can debate how productive that really is. There are differences between the Holocaust survivors and the descendants of slaves principally that the former slave's children endured suffering for generations. But after remembering history, where do we go from here is a legitimate question. With thousands of laws and government programs the seeming suggestion of the movie is that more are needed which can be legitimately debated.The movie makes sense for people to see and is reasonably well-done. it provokes more questions than it answers, raises more problems than it solves, and is as a one-sided as the views on the other side the movie condemns.

Long Distance Revolutionary is a brilliant and excellent film. It captures and focuses on Mumia as a human being and not on his frame-up case/trial that he has unfortunately faced from 32 years now. For anyone that is interested in understanding a radical/revolutionary activist who understands the many complexes of society and its people and institutions, this film is a MUST SEE! The film beautifully examines and explains the mind, the attitude, and work of a humble and loving man. Mumia Abu-Jamal also known as "the voice of the voiceless" is an extraordinary man with a life story that is remarkable and inspiring despite all his challenges and setbacks due to his wrongful incarceration. You want to experience Mumua Abu-Jamal for yourself, please make it your duty to watch and promote Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal.

All I literally watch are documentaries.... besides a small handful of other shows, Sanford & Son, King Of Queens, Breaking Bad etc. I know a thing or two about documentaries, and I must say Long Distance Revolutionary is one of my favorites! It's obvious that time and organization went into the making of the film. It boggles my mind, and is beyond ridiculous that the ratings would be as low as they currently are. It seems like a concerted effort was made on behalf of the Anti-Mumia camp to "low-vote" this film. Disregard the reviews and decide for yourself if it's your cup of tea or not. 10/10 in my opinion. For the anti-mumia crowd, who naively believes the "official story", remember.... The Best Indicator of A Future Behavior, Is A Past Behavior. There have political prisoners in the past, and will be more in the future. Cointelpro is NOT a conspiracy theory. Use your better judgement, and look outside of the box.

This film is a real eye opener. Mumia is a must see for every American. For those who already understand what lengths the government machine can and does go to in order to suppress revolutionary voices and actions, it adds fuel to the smoldering fire. To those who don't already understand, let's hope it is a small ray of sunshine piercing the elaborate red, white and blue smoke and mirror environment you have been brought up with and swallowed hook, line and sinker. Incredibly well researched and brilliantly executed by Stephen Vittoria, a documentary filmmaker at the very top of his game, Mumia is populated by a who's who of revolutionary thinkers who bring their thoughtful commentary to bear on this important subject. The subject of the film, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is nothing less than a universal thinker, philosopher and visionary. Mumia can extemporize and speak on virtually any subject or event without research or calculation at a higher and more thorough and profound level than most PHDs could if given a week in the central library to prepare to address a topic. Mumia thinks and speaks in an improvisational manner that can only be analogized to the riffs of jazz greats Coltrane, Davis and Monk. Don't miss it and watch it twice.