Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Reggie Travis Hicks The youthfulness of the Panthers was an asset, a potency that enhanced the reach of their radical actions. Lauretta Molitor Capital Campaign, Contact Us The period when the Party was at its peak, in the late 60s and early 70s, was also the heyday of the mass youth revolt and the anti-Vietnam War movement that has come to be known as The Sixties. Despite all the rewriting of history that has occurred since that fateful time, this was a period in which millions in the US believed that revolutionary change was in the air, that imperialist war, capitalist exploitation and racism needed to die, and that radical change was not only possible but also inevitable. And as the country searches for permanent solutions to larger social and racial problems permeating through society, were also reminded of another movement in our nations history that was both radical and often misunderstood. The Black Panther Party was, in its day, the leading organizational expression of the revolutionary forces in the United States. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. Kenneth Green, Sr. For a closer look at the movements complicated history, well be joined by award-winning filmmaker, Stanley Nelson to explain the history of the Black Panthers rise and downfall and share his perspective on why George Floyds death has driven so many Americans to rise up in protest. Administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI) Written by Umar Bin Hassan To the Black Panther Party this was crisis and chaos.Because this was the first time this had ever happened.There had been no Panther murdered by police. Allen Moore Philadelphia Daily News Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Nearly 50 years ago, in. Kia Campbell The film premiered on January 23, 2015 at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before receiving a limited North American theatrical release on September 2, 2015. If you are a member of an institution with an active account, you may be able to access content in one of the following ways: Typically, access is provided across an institutional network to a range of IP addresses. Middlebury, VT 05753. The party captured the imagination of the urban black youth and black college students and won allies in the predominantly white antiVietnam War movement and among Latino and Asian American activists. National Archives and Records Administration Caleb Mose The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. When on the society site, please use the credentials provided by that society. They famously had an image of openly bearing arms and their overall approach was of a more confrontational style than that preached by Martin Luther King. hide caption. Young politically-minded people should see it and learn some history of revolutionary politics in the US. Seth Cooper UCLA Film & Television Archive (Actor), Stanley Nelson (Director) Rated: PG-13. THAT WAS SO THEIR MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE STARTED OUT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T PREACH MORE AND MORE AND MORE RADICAL VIOLENCE AND KIND OF BACKED THEM INTO A CORNER THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF. If you cannot sign in, please contact your librarian. Written, Produced and Directed by Javier Eduardo Muoz YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THERE IS ALREADY A BACKLASH, I THINK PEOPLE ARE STEELING THEMSELVES TO FIGHT IT AND BACKLASH. Infamous wiretaps of the Black Panthers were never accessed through the Freedom of Information Act, despite repeated attempts on behalf of the producer. Screening and Discussion in partnership with Vermont Public Television and Prof. Bill Hart of "Indie Lens Pop-Up's The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution". Much has been written by and about the Panthers. "They would observe the police and make sure that no brutality occurred," filmmaker Stanley Nelson tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each otherin print, in person, and online. TURAN: Well, as you can imagine that overthrowing of the United States government caught the attention of J. Edgar. Qty: Add to Cart. William Klein Howard Harawitz Greg Quedens On the Black Panther uniform of leather jackets and berets. The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21, an infamous conspiracy case that highlighted government repression of Black liberation activists during the 1960s and 1970s. Health Care in Crisis: Warning! YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS A CRUCIAL -- I THINK ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE THE PANTHERS WERE VERY MUCH DRIVEN BY PERSONALITIES, BY THEIR LEADERS, AND THAT WAS GREAT IN THE BEGINNING AND SLOGANISM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY FREE HUEY WHEN NOBODY REALLY KNEW WHO HUEY WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S FREE HUEY. By G. Flint Taylor, Contributor Founding Partner, People's Law Office J. Leo Randolph Washington State Archives Robel Butler Molly Schwartz They were after a different crew. 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The Black Panthers fought racial oppression in the late 60s and 70s, serving as a catalyst for societal change while also at times resorting to violence. Established on the heels of the civil rights movement, the Panthers were a political party committed to dismantling antiblack structures and policies that had afflicted black people for centuries. Howard L. Bingham WGBH Media Library & Archives But Nelsons film is the best short introduction to the Party to date. Erica Ball The idea of writing letters to people's husbands or wives to tear them apart that was one of the tactics that the FBI was using, but just anything that they could possibly do to tear people apart and to create the sense of paranoia because you didn't know what was going on. [BP Bobby Hutton TRT 1:04] 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. So the FBI does things that range from infiltrating the party and having agent provocateurs inside the Panther Party who are provoking violent acts and buying guns and supplying guns to the Panthers, to he has [a] memo that says we have to set spouse against spouse. A personal account can be used to get email alerts, save searches, purchase content, and activate subscriptions. [7] The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, describing it as "a strong if only occasionally transporting biography of a movement that terrified the establishment in its day. More than 40 years after the Black Panther Party was founded the group and its leadership remain powerful and enduring images in our popular . 4:30 - 7:00 PM ET. Old Chapel Road. On how the FBI targeted the Black Panther Party. KRON-TV The film explores the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th centurys most controversial organizations. When Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Party in 1966, they were riding a wave of rebellion that had engulfed Black America from boycotts, sit-ins and Freedom Rides in the South, to mass riots and near-insurrections in the Black ghettoes of the North. Seale gave the powers-that-be in Oakland a run for their money, but came in second, leaving the Party politically adrift. Sveriges TV AB You can find out about upcoming screenings of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution at www.TheBlackPanthers.com. ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO CAUSE DISSENSION IN THE RANKS. Shades, afros, black leather jackets and revolution - few political parties have harnessed style quite like the Black Panthers. Freedom Archives Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. Roz Payne [Hoover] issues memos that basically say to his agents, "Do anything that you can, anything that you can think of to destroy the party." Charles E. Jones AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S AN UNTESTED WAY TO HAVE A MOVEMENT, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS IN THIS MOVEMENT'S FAVOR BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY, YOU KNOW, TO BRING THE MOVEMENT DOWN IF THEY --. Kellita Smith Emory Douglas Performed by Billy Paul The Black Panther Party is for overthrowing the United States government. Led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the Panthers put forth a 10-point program that sought to address a host of problems, including police brutality, poor housing and subpar education. This sense of empathy comes across even in scenes of funeral processions, a testament to Shamess commitment as a documentarian. Morley Markson Partners Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Courtesy of Ellis Eugene Blacknell, Jr. Damn Right I Am Somebody Stephen Shames, Free Breakfast Program, Panther Jerry Dunigan, known as Odinka, talks to kids while they eat breakfast on Chicagos South Side, Chicago, Illinois, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution: Screening and Discussion. Doug Coronado ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, YOU KNOW, COULD BE THIS GREAT SPOKESMAN AND SPEAKER AND THERE WERE OTHERS, KATHLEEN CLEAVER, ELAINE BROWN, SO MANY OTHERS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FILM IS AS THESE LEADERS STARTED TO FALTER THEN THE MOVEMENT STARTED TO FALTER BECAUSE IT WAS SO BASED ON THESE LEADERS. NARRATOR "[8] The Mercury News wrote, "Pulse-poundingand insightful. Elbert Big Man Howard Shames and Seales accompanying book, Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers (2016), chronicles the Partys founding up until Bobby Seales Oakland mayoral campaign in 1973, and privileges the personal accounts of Gloria Abernathy, Kathleen Cleaver, Barbara Cox, Elbert Big Man Howard, Ericka Huggins, and Khalid Raheem, among others. The postwar capitalist boom had left out tens of millions of workers and the poor, and the poverty rate remained . The idea of the black leather jacket and the beret came from Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and they came up with the idea because they said, "Every young black man has a black leather jacket or can get one or can borrow one if they can't buy one." Instead of consistent labels denoting the names, locations, and dates of Shamess subjects, the decision to display only selected interview excerpts on the gallery walls, drawn from the book, curtails an objective interpretation. Rick Butler Get the best of Aperture in your inbox every day. He built up a cult of personality, calling himself the Supreme Servant of the People. In 1972, Newton shut down the every chapter outside of Oakland, and put the Partys reputation on the line in an attempt to get Seale elected Mayor of Oakland. Stephen Shames, Black Panthers carry George Jacksons coffin into St. Augustines Episcopal Church for his funeral service as a huge crowd watches, Oakland, California, August 28, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. They were gun-toting fanatics. The free breakfast program was one of those ideas that just kind of arose out of a need. Jose Smith Staff The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to showcase the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the . And so it was something that everybody had in their closet again this is 1966, 1967 in that period, and that's how they came up with it. Feasting With Panthers DVD Nonetheless Williams Richard Kneeland. Garry Waller SO WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY OF THE PANTHERS FOR US TODAY? Jeffrey Blankfort Axinn Center 232. Aired on June 10, 2020.. See production, box office & company info, Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC], Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People, The Global African: The Black Panthers: A Revolution in Review. by Stanley Nelson. 1960s deception fbi federal bureau of investigation timeframe 1960s timeframe 1970s 72 more Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary History Jordan Miller Board of Trustees I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW -- WHAT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AND ARE GETTING OUT THERE IN THE STREETS CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN A MOVEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THEY -- THE POLITICALNESS OF THEIR LIVES WILL STAY THERE, YOU KNOW? Shades, afros, Black leather jackets and Revolution - few political parties have harnessed style quite the! 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