The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
Direction
Nelson lets Panthers speak, not historians.
Editing
Rare footage stitched into urgent, living narrative.
Director
Stanley Nelson
Kathleen Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
Blair Anderson
Self - Black Panther Party
Elaine Brown
Self - Black Panther Party
William Calhoun
Self - Black Panther Party
Eldridge Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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