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The Black Panthers : vanguard of the revolution / written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Laurens Grant ; a co-production of Firelight Films, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced by Firelight Films, Inc.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: BPAN601 | PBSLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Independent lensPublisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2016]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Theatrical versionDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781627895453
  • 1627895450
Uniform titles:
  • Independent lens (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Start of the party -- Packing the capital -- Free Huey -- Panther pads -- Stop the pigs! -- Fugitive from justice -- Madness in the courts -- Chicago raid -- Split in the party -- Bobby Seale for mayor.
Production credits:
  • Editor, Aljernon Tunsil ; composer, Tom Phillips ; cinematography by Antonio Rossi, Rick Butler, Allen Moore, Cliff Charles ; animation and graphics, Gary Waller, Molly Schwartz.
Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown, Emory Douglas, Ericka Huggins, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Jamal Joseph, Clayborne Carson, Tarika Lewis, Rita Williams-Gracia, Sherwin Forte, Wayne Pharr, Ronald Freeman, Flores Forbes, Landon Williams, Mohammed Mubarek, Jeff Haas, Dennis Cunningham, Yohuru Williams, Jeffrey Ogbar, Mark Kurlansky, Donna Murch, Scot Brown, among others.Summary: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown, Emory Douglas, Jamal Joseph, and many others, it's an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America"--Container.
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The first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for Black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails.

Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown, Emory Douglas, Ericka Huggins, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Jamal Joseph, Clayborne Carson, Tarika Lewis, Rita Williams-Gracia, Sherwin Forte, Wayne Pharr, Ronald Freeman, Flores Forbes, Landon Williams, Mohammed Mubarek, Jeff Haas, Dennis Cunningham, Yohuru Williams, Jeffrey Ogbar, Mark Kurlansky, Donna Murch, Scot Brown, among others.

Editor, Aljernon Tunsil ; composer, Tom Phillips ; cinematography by Antonio Rossi, Rick Butler, Allen Moore, Cliff Charles ; animation and graphics, Gary Waller, Molly Schwartz.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen; stereo.

English dialogue; optional English SDH subtitles; Closed-captioned.

Originally produced in 2015 for broadcast as an episode of the television program Independent Lens in 2016.

Widescreen.

"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown, Emory Douglas, Jamal Joseph, and many others, it's an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America"--Container.

Start of the party -- Packing the capital -- Free Huey -- Panther pads -- Stop the pigs! -- Fugitive from justice -- Madness in the courts -- Chicago raid -- Split in the party -- Bobby Seale for mayor.

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