The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
“ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE.”
2015•1h 53m•7.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Stanley Nelson
Writer
Stanley Nelson
Languages
French, English
Studio
Firelight Films
Cast
Kathleen Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
Jamal Joseph
Self - Black Panther Party
Blair Anderson
Self - Black Panther Party
Omar Barbour
Self - Black Panther Party
Elaine Brown
Self - Black Panther Party
Scot Brown
Self - Historian
William Calhoun
Self - Black Panther Party
Clayborne Carson
Self - Historian
Eldridge Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Dennis Cunningham
Self - Attorney
Emory Douglas
Self - Black Panther Party
Flores Forbes
Self - Black Panther Party
Sherwin Forte
Self - Black Panther Party
Ronald Freeman
Self - Black Panther Party
Production
Company
Firelight Films
Company
ITVS
Company
Independent Lens
Company
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Company
PBS
Producer
Stanley Nelson
Producer
Laurens Grant
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