Filmmaker Catherine Masud Reveals the Untold Story of Stephen Bingham’s Underground Life in ‘A Double Life’ Documentary
SALEM, Mass. – The story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer who disappeared in 1971 after being accused of smuggling a gun into San Quentin Prison, has been the subject of national and international headlines for decades. Bingham, who comes from a prominent family in Salem, Massachusetts, was asked by the Black Panthers to help an investigator on the legal team of prison-rights activist George Jackson, who was working on a book. When the investigator was not allowed to see Jackson, Bingham went in her place, bringing a draft of the book and a tape recorder. … Read more