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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
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Title: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Release Date: 8 Mar 2015

Runtime: 1h 53m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Firelight Films, ITVS, Independent Lens, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, PBS

Production Companies: Firelight Films, ITVS, Independent Lens, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, PBS

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7 (59 votes)

Cast

  • Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage): Kathleen Cleaver
  • Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]: Julian Bond
  • Self - Black Panther Party: Jamal Joseph
  • Self - Black Panther Party: Blair Anderson
  • Self - Black Panther Party: Omar Barbour
  • Self - Black Panther Party: Elaine Brown
  • Self - Historian: Scot Brown
  • Self - Black Panther Party: William Calhoun
  • Self - Historian: Clayborne Carson
  • Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage): Eldridge Cleaver
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