Courtesy of The Estate of Gil Scott-Heron/Rumal Rackley Administrator, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years. The director notes that when he began the film seven years ago, he could never have anticipated that it would be released at a time when issues of police brutality and justice for African-Americans were so prominent. Larry A. Greene, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 3, December 2016, Pages 860862, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw490. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); WatchDocumentaries.com | Games | Quizzes | Contact |Privacy & Terms | Manage Cookies |Advertise | DMCA, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. Fred Hampton, Jr. The organisation collapsed in 1982 but has been remembered by the world ever since. Greetings again from the darkness. 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. The Black Panther party flashed across the nation's consciousness in the latter half of the 1960s, following the integrationist, nonviolent, and mainly southern-oriented civil rights movement. Performed by Eugene Blacknell and the New Breed The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution a three-part series covering African-American history and the revolutionary Black Panther Party. This sense of empathy comes across even in scenes of funeral processions, a testament to Shamess commitment as a documentarian. Chicago Defender Archives It is Nelson Jr.'s eighth film to premiere at Sundance. Music and Lyrics by Gil Scott-Heron In 1970, he was charged, along with two other Soledad Brothers, with the murder of . Jose Smith National Archives and Records Administration NARRATOR Nelsons film documents what those who lived through it already know that the Panthers quickly became a mass movement throughout the country. 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. The result was, as is portrayed in the film, COINTELPRO the Counter Intelligence Program organized and implemented by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to harass, discredit and destroy the Black Panthers and other revolutionary organizations by every dirty trick imaginable, up to and including trumped-up criminal charges and outright assassination. Privacy Policy Rick Butler The short life of former Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter Chairman Fred Hampton is dramatized brilliantly in Shaka King's latest feature, the acclaimed Judas and the Black Messiah. "[6] Metacritic reports an 80 out of 100 rating based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Capital Campaign, Contact Us A lot of people don't know that was really part of the traditional civil rights movement, that they dressed up because they wanted to show you the difference between them all dressed up in suits and ties the women were encouraged to wear dresses and sometimes little white gloves because they wanted to show you the difference between them and the mobs that would be chasing them or screaming at them. The Black Panthers, Vanguards of the Revolution - Part 1. Sometimes the rhetoric is definitely over-the-top, and I think that's one of the things that the Panthers knew and wanted it to be over-the-top. UCLA Film & Television Archive I think what happens as time goes on is they are kind of trapped into this corner that they've painted for themselves: one, with the over-the-top rhetoric; two, with the guns that they carry at first. Power to the People: The Black Panthers in Photographs by Stephen Shames and Graphics by Emory Douglas is on view at Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, through October 29, 2016. Yet, the further we travel away from the Panther era, the greater our chance to distort that reality. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. FILM SOT: Dear Mr. Newton, Im a 13 year old student and I want to be a Black Panther.Does it matter what your religition Is?What are some qualifircations to be a black Panther?P.S. Read reviews and buy The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2016) at Target. Fifty years ago, it seemed, the world was poised for revolution. . Roz Payne THERE'S SO MUCH THEY CAN LEARN, GOOD AND BAD, AND WE TRY TO SHOW ALL THAT IN THE FILM. White House Communications Agency Mitchell Gersten I think that the Black Panthers and the leadership felt that their phones were tapped and those kind of things, but nobody understood the extent that the FBI was going to destroy the Panthers and other groups. Sam Aleshinloye, Cinematography by Morley Markson We Know We Got to Live Together We see traces of their actions in the interventions of the Black Lives Matter movement, asserting the humanity of black people in the face of incessant state-sanctioned violence, or in the vision of The Black School, a new experimental art school which foregrounds radical black politics and socially engaged art as methodology for educating students. Nacio Jan Brown Courtesy of Music Power/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) When on the society site, please use the credentials provided by that society. Stephen Shames, Black Panther co-founders Bobby Seale & Huey Newton pose in Hueys penthouse apartment, Oakland, California, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Lead Supporters The organisation combated police brutality aimed at African-Americans but fell apart because of internal tensions and shootouts. William Pharr, one of the LA Panther defenders, published his autobiography Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival in 2014, including an account of the shootout. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LESSONS -- IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION ALL THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY BIG QUESTIONS, ONE OF MY BIG POINTS AND YOU JUMPED RIGHT TO IT, BUT THE OTHER BIG LESSON I THINK THAT IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN IS TO NEVER UNDERESTIMATE HOW MUCH THE POWERS THAT BE, THE STATE, WILL USE ITS POWER --. BECAUSE THAT ESSENTIALLY, ALL ELSE ASIDE, THAT ESSENTIALLY, THAT ALL OUT WAR AGAINST THE PANTHERS IS WHAT ULTIMATELY UNDID THEM, RIGHT? (Basic information for each photograph can be found in a gallery guide.) And I think [what] the Black Panthers wanted to do they wanted to get attention. Billy X Jennings Stephen Shames revisits his chronicle of American activism. Feasting With Panthers DVD Nonetheless Williams Richard Kneeland. Written by Charles Wright 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." Preview. AND SO THAT MADE UP IN SOME WAYS A LOT OF THE BACKBONE OF THE FILM. If you cannot sign in, please contact your librarian. [11], Last edited on 2 September 2022, at 03:05, limited North American theatrical release, "Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)", "Meet the 2015 Sundance Filmmakers #48: Stanley Nelson Showcases the Black Panther Party in New Documentary", "2015 Sundance Film Festival Profile: Stanley Nelson (Director: Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution)", "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)", "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution", "Review: Riveting 'Black Panthers' digs deep into civil rights era", "Ex-Black Panther Leader Elaine Brown Slams Stanley Nelson's 'Condemnable' Documentary", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Black_Panthers:_Vanguard_of_the_Revolution&oldid=1108012715, This page was last edited on 2 September 2022, at 03:05. KGO-TV We hear a great deal about the Black Panthers Howard L. 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Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, The Black Panthers movement. The Black Panthers condemnations of injustice, oppression and brutality in the late 60s and early 70s reverberate again in one city after another. In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) I MEAN, ARE YOU RALLYING AGAINST THE FACT THAT A COP, YOU KNOW, SAT ON A GUY'S NECK FOR ALMOST NINE MINUTES UNTIL HE WAS DEAD? There's talk and more talk about revolution these days, but it's also in danger of being relegated to just another 'fashionable buzzword' used in a cynical ploy to establish a byline to disenfranchised 'millennials'. 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 Seattle Times The film combines archival footage and interviews with surviving Panthers and FBI agents to tell the story of the revolutionary black organization the Black Panther Party. Do not use an Oxford Academic personal account. Cliff Charles, Sound Recordists Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says the Black Panthers caught everyones attention. Distribution IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM -- SOME OF THEM WILL JUST GO BACK TO THEIR JOBS AND NEVER, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAY ANOTHER WORD, BUT MANY OF THEM WILL BE POLITICIZED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. Society member access to a journal is achieved in one of the following ways: Many societies offer single sign-on between the society website and Oxford Academic. The Black Panthers knew how to exploit the media. YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT IDEA TO PEOPLE SO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, SEE FOR THEMSELVES. Federal Bureau of Investigation "The Black Panther Party is simply the vanguard of the revolution," he declared. Fifty years ago, on October 15, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. Courtesy of Republic Records :03 SOT:Kathleen Cleaver Stanley's documentary, "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," is streaming on PBS and also re-airing this week on Independent Lens on Thirteen and WLIW. The film does a good job of showing the operation of the Panthers Free Breakfast program, which itself was an expression of the mass character of the Party. Am I Black Enough for You Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members. Javier Eduardo Muoz 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. Paul Bass [Reproduction number e.g., LC-L9-60-8812, frame 8]. They had no background checks that they could do on people, so they had this kind of open-door policy: If you wanted to join the Panthers, they wanted you to be part of it. For librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. Avram Billig This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly Read allThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years. The youthfulness of the Panthers was an asset, a potency that enhanced the reach of their radical actions. The Black Panthers were absolutely unique. Help bring programs like Independent Lens to your PBS station. When on the institution site, please use the credentials provided by your institution. Lauren Wimbush ITN Archive Limited Be more independent. Stanley Nelson, Assistant Producer/Researcher NARRATOR AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, IF YOU SEE THE FILM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ALL THAT AND THE PANTHERS TALK ABOUT ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WERE INFILL DATERS IN THE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW, BUT THE FBI, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT THIS IS OUR MAIN GOAL. Written by Eugene Record TURAN: Well, as you can imagine that overthrowing of the United States government caught the attention of J. Edgar. At a time when racial tension again hovers over our national consciousness, Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, currently on view at Steven Kasher Gallery, reconsiders this revolutionary movement. Carolyn Turner, VOA NEWS, Washington. This authentication occurs automatically, and it is not possible to sign out of an IP authenticated account. the black panthers: vanguard of the revolution transcript. Stephen Shames, Memorial mural for Jonathan Jackson, who was killed on August 7, 1970, during an attempt to kidnap California Superior Court judge Harold Haley and three others to exchange for the freedom of his brother, George Jackson, Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. It is also Independent Lens' highest rated and most-streamed [] Abstract: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution by Marc Norton The title of Stanley Nelson's new documentary film The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, says it clearly. 4.8 out of 5 stars 712 ratings. 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". The Philadelphia Inquirer YOU KNOW, THIS HE HAD A BUNCH OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE ALIGNED IN MANY WAYS WITH THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND THEY WEREN'T OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES, THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO THE PANTHERS THAN BLACK RADICALISM AND VIOLENCE. Black Panthers, Agns Varda 1968 Jessica Clark BBC Motion Gallery The Party espoused a Marxist political stance, manifest in programs such as the Free Breakfast for Children Program and the Peoples Free Medical Clinics. And for Newton, the revolution would belong to the people. I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT ON AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS AMAZING. Chicago Film Archives By G. Flint Taylor, Contributor Founding Partner, People's Law Office That in itself tells you how dangerous this movement was to the rulers, and how dangerous its true history remains today. SOT: Marlon Brando Rather than the usual textbook approach that focuses on the famous photos of angry black men wearing leather jackets and berets while toting firearms, this is a much more comprehensive look at the complexities of the organization and its members. Enter your library card number to sign in. KTVU-TV FOX 2 IT'S LIKE YOU GIVE A HORSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REINS, GO AHEAD, I HAVE TO LET YOU RUN, I CAN'T STOP YOU. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive 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. Not long after that Hampton was dead, murdered in his bed by Chicago police. How Many Ukrainian Refugees Will Return Home? Tribune Content Agency Bill Wingell, Oakland Tribune/ Bay Area News Group East Bay, LLC, Bob Olender, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library, Daily Worker/Daily World Photographs Collection Tamiment Library, New York University, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, Howard Robbins /San Francisco Examiner Collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley THAT IS MY UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL, STANLEY. Stanleys documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, is streaming on PBS and also re-airing this week on Independent Lens on Thirteen and WLIW. Virgil Roberts Howard Harawitz Black Pantthers Bobby Huttonbecame a martyr for the Black Power cause, which fueled other sympathetic causes across the country to support them in solidarity. Corbis I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS AND I URGE ALL OF YOU FILMMAKERS, WANT TO BE FILMMAKERS, TO DVR THIS DOCUMENTARY AND STUDY BECAUSE THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY THAT IS WELL DONE. If you believe you should have access to that content, please contact your librarian. Philadelphia Daily News Erica Ball Tax ID: 26-2810489. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says it was a revolutionary time. Franklin McMahon And so they're trapped in some ways [and] can't get out of that box as time goes on. Bianca Dang Host an Exhibition, Lead Supporters Yasmin Garcia Jonathan Eubanks Ron Riesterer Greg Quedens Nelson has directed and produced numerous acclaimed films, including Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple and The Murder of Emmett Till. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact . The postwar capitalist boom had left out tens of millions of workers and the poor, and the poverty rate remained . The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. Hilary Hughley THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOUGHT RACIAL OPPRESSION IN THE LATE 1960s AND '70s SERVING AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE WHILE ALSO AT TIMES RESORTING TO VIOLENCE. Courtesy of Brunswick Record Corporation. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr.. The Black. Seale gave the powers-that-be in Oakland a run for their money, but came in second, leaving the Party politically adrift. Sam Aleshinloye/Courtesy of Firelight Media Stephen Shames, Black Panther member sells The Black Panther, the Partys newspaper, in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. SOT: Jim Dunbar, Journalist Sahra Mellesse AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LEGACY. The film includes considerable footage of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Panthers in Chicago. 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. The legacyof Hoovers actionsinfiltration, assassinations, criminalist discourse about the Panthersstill lingers. Black lives matter. SO THE PANTHERS IN MANY WAYS DIDN'T KIND OF UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEM. SO I THINK THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A STRONG -- IT'S NOT EVEN A BACKLASH -- A STRONG COUNTER TO WHAT'S GOING ON NOW AND I THINK IN SOME WAYS WE'RE LIVING IN SUCH A STRONG MOMENT THAT -- THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POWERS THAT BE ARE JUST KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE HAVE THEIR REIGN. One of the most moving sequences in the film is a shot of Hampton leading a multi-racial mass meeting in Chicago, bringing them to their feet, fists in the air, chanting I am a revolutionary!. The Black Panthers. That could have been my son lying there. This brother here, myself, all of us, were born with our hair like this and we wear it like this.The reason for it you might say is that the new awareness among black people that they are beautiful.They are aware.They are proud of it. Performed by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s The Baltimore Sun YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US OF A CERTAIN AGE ARE PROBABLY PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE BLACK PANTHERS, THOSE OF US WHO WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING AS A MOMENT IN HISTORY, BUT I THINK A LOT OF OUR YOUNGER VIEWERS ARE PROBABLY MORE -- KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR MYTH THAN THEIR REALITY. Eric Lockley Earl Leon Anthony WGBH Media Library & Archives Vision & Justice Estate of Howard Brodie, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456], ABC Videosource Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement that feels timely all over again. We hear the phrase frequently these days, and director Stanley Nelson (Freedom Summer) takes us back 49 years to the beginning of the Black Panther Party, and then walks us through the rise and fall. Kenneth OReilly BUT I THINK -- I THINK THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A STRONG -- A STRONG BACKLASH. The film ends with the statement that 20 Black Panthers are still in prison, over four decades after the Party rocked the nation. 1 trending Twitter hashtag#BlackPanthersPBSin the world on the night it premiered on PBS' Independent Lens. Aired on June 10, 2020.. Allen Moore John Shearer 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. To inform white people of what they dont know. The Black Panthers Party. Transcript Enlarge this image Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif. YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK THAT -- THAT YOU CAN DEFUND THE POLICE WITHOUT AN ORGANIZED OBJECTION FROM THE POLICE, THEN YOU'RE WRONG. 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. SOT: Kathleen Cleaver Guy Le Querrec /Magnum Photos YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PANTHERS WERE REALLY GREAT AT IS SEIZING THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF TAKING OVER THE MEDIA AND GETTING THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS. SOT: Jim Dunbar, Journalist =====. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, Ericka Huggins, and dozens of others, as well as archival footage of the late Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution tells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America. JT Takagi All Rights Reserved. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE BAD AT IS THAT THEIR MESSAGE HAD TO KIND OF ESCALATE, CONTINUE TO ESCALATE. Courtesy of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) The Black Panther Party was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966. Terms of Use. . Young politically-minded people should see it and learn some history of revolutionary politics in the US. FILMSOT: Yourre talking about people who are teenagers, 17, 18, 20.Thats the of the Panthers.The fact that we were so young the fact that we never recognized how startling we were to people. 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. DVD List Price: $24.99. Performed by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band The Blank Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Part, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Documentary Fortnight (Feb 13 - 28, 2015): http://bit.ly/1LfavqN-"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" is the first feature-length documentary to . 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