[act-ma] The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973) | Saturday, October 24 | 6:00 PM

[Center for Marxist Education]

*The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973)*
*Saturday, October 24 | 6:00 PM*
Zach George, CPUSA, Students and Youth for a New America, and Center for
Marxist Education

Grab your dinner and spot at the table, and join us on Zoom for a great
film and discussion!

In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator starts
a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all are graded on
a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran named Dan
Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine
operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's
token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment
by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago to
work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains a street
gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming revolution, using all that the CIA
has taught him...

Check out this article about the film, and how the FBI tried to destroy all
the copies:
https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/battle-chicago-spook-who-sat-door


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