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A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.
H. Rap Brown
- Self
- (uncredited)
Ron Dellums
- Self
- (uncredited)
James Forman
- Self
- (uncredited)
Bobby Seale
- Self
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film is included in "Eclipse Series 43: Agnès Varda in California", released by Criterion.
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Narrator: The panther was chosen as their symbol. It is a beautiful black animal which never attacks, but, defends itself ferociously.
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A look at a rally to free Huey Newton
I hadn't seen any of Agnes Varda's films until I caught The Gleaners and I a few months ago at a film festival. I loved it, mainly because of Varda's extremely personal aproach to some interesting material and questions. I was recently doing some research on sixties activism when I stumbled across Black Panthers, Varda's 1968 documentary about the Black Panther Party.
The 30 minute long film looks at a rally to free the party's leader, Huey P. Newton. There's no pretense of objectivity -- the Black Panther Party shared in the copyright. Speakers at the rally included Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, and H. Rap Brown, and there's also a short interview with Newton, in prison. Other segments include white people at a firing rage (some of which are children), and members of the police department explaining the gear they carry in the trunks of their cars.
This film documents some of the most important and controverial black leaders of the late 60s, and is a must see for anyone interested in sixties radicalism ot the Panthers.
The 30 minute long film looks at a rally to free the party's leader, Huey P. Newton. There's no pretense of objectivity -- the Black Panther Party shared in the copyright. Speakers at the rally included Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, and H. Rap Brown, and there's also a short interview with Newton, in prison. Other segments include white people at a firing rage (some of which are children), and members of the police department explaining the gear they carry in the trunks of their cars.
This film documents some of the most important and controverial black leaders of the late 60s, and is a must see for anyone interested in sixties radicalism ot the Panthers.
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- richburroughs
- Aug 4, 2001
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