ET-10. 1971
USA, Feature Documentary, 2014, 79 min
This tense, heart-stopping documentary tells the
story of five ordinary suburban Americans who,
one night in 1971 (March 8, 44 years ago today),
dropped their kids off at babysitters, broke into
an FBI office and carted off thousands of paper
files showing the FBI’s vast network of illegal
surveillance of American citizens. Like low-tech
Edward Snowdens, they shared fuzzy photocopies
of these files with the press, which led to the
first public Congressional investigation of a U.S.
intelligence agency. A humiliated J. Edgar Hoover
assigned hundreds of FBI agents to find this
traitorous group, and one scary night dozens of FBI
agents scoured the very suburban neighborhood
in which these perpetrators lived. Surprisingly,
they were never caught. But here they are in this
film?for the first time ever?talking about
their amazing, historic and sometimes comical
adventures with the FBI.
Directed by Johanna Hamilton
Colorado Premiere