The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Stanley NelsonDirector
• Stanley NelsonWriter

Cast

• Kathleen CleaverSelf - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
• Julian BondSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
• Jamal JosephSelf - Black Panther Party
• Blair AndersonSelf - Black Panther Party
• Omar BarbourSelf - Black Panther Party
• Elaine BrownSelf - Black Panther Party
• Scot BrownSelf - Historian
• William CalhounSelf - Black Panther Party
• Clayborne CarsonSelf - Historian
• Eldridge CleaverSelf - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
• Dennis CunninghamSelf - Attorney
• Emory DouglasSelf - Black Panther Party

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