Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre (movie)

Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre (movie)

  • Production country: US
  • Producer: Howard Blatt , Joel Sucher , Steven Fischler
  • Production companies: Pacific Street Film Projects, Inc.
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 7/30/1974
  • Run time: 30 min.

Movie description

Examining the case of Martin Sostre, a black Puerto Rican bookstore owner in Buffalo, New York who was framed on drug possession charges in 1967 and sentenced to prison, this film shows how the American justice system can be abused for purposes of political repression.