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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-03-08
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Firelight Films, ITVS, Independent Lens, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, PBS
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kathleen Cleaver as Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
- Julian Bond as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
- Jamal Joseph as Self - Black Panther Party
- Blair Anderson as Self - Black Panther Party
- Omar Barbour as Self - Black Panther Party
- Elaine Brown as Self - Black Panther Party
- Scot Brown as Self - Historian
- William Calhoun as Self - Black Panther Party
- Clayborne Carson as Self - Historian
- Eldridge Cleaver as Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
- Dennis Cunningham as Self - Attorney
- Emory Douglas as Self - Black Panther Party
Crew
- Stanley Nelson - Director
- Stanley Nelson - Writer
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