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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

70 %|Mar 8, 2015|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.

Featured Crew

Stanley Nelson
Director
Molly Schwartz
Animation
Garry Waller
Animation
Stanley Nelson
Writer
Aljernon Tunsil
Editor
Jennifer Crystal Chien
Production Manager
Stanley Nelson
Producer
Nicole London
Associate Producer

Cast

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Kathleen Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
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Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
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Jamal Joseph
Self - Black Panther Party
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Blair Anderson
Self - Black Panther Party
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Omar Barbour
Self - Black Panther Party
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Elaine Brown
Self - Black Panther Party
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Scot Brown
Self - Historian
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William Calhoun
Self - Black Panther Party
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Clayborne Carson
Self - Historian
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Eldridge Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
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Dennis Cunningham
Self - Attorney
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Emory Douglas
Self - Black Panther Party
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Flores Forbes
Self - Black Panther Party
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Sherwin Forte
Self - Black Panther Party
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Ronald Freeman
Self - Black Panther Party
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Roland Freeman
Self - Black Panther Party
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Beverly Gage
Self - Historian
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Ray Gaul
Self - Oakland Police Department
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Jeff Haas
Self - Attorney
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Fred Hampton
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
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Edward Hanrahan
Self - State's Attorney (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan)
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Elbert Howard
Self - Black Panther Party (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard)
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Ericka Huggins
Self - Black Panther Party
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Phyllis Jackson
Self - Black Panther Party
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Deborah Johnson
Self - Black Panther Party (as Akua Njeri [Deborah Johnson])
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Mike Klonsky
Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS]
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Mark Kurlansky
Self - Writer
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Bob Lee
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
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David Lemieux
Self - Black Panther Party
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Tarika Lewis
Self - Black Panther Party
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Felipe Luciano
Self - Young Lords
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Ron McCarthy
Self - Los Angeles Police Department