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Agnès Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers cofounder Huey P. Newton. In addition to evincing Varda’s fascination with her adopted surroundings and her empathy, this perceptive short is also a powerful political statement.
Black Panthers was restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with Ciné-Tamaris and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Annenberg Foundation, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and The Film Foundation.
Original Release
12/01/1968
US Release
04/19/2015
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bill Brent | Self - Captain in the Black Panther |
| Huey P. Newton | Self |
| Stokely Carmichael | Self |
| Eldridge Cleaver | Self |
| Kathleen Cleaver | Self |
| H. Rap Brown | Self |
| Ron Dellums | Self |
| James Forman | Self |
| Bobby Seale | Self |
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Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bill Brent | Self - Captain in the Black Panther |
| Huey P. Newton | Self |
| Stokely Carmichael | Self |
| Eldridge Cleaver | Self |
| Kathleen Cleaver | Self |
| H. Rap Brown | Self |
| Ron Dellums | Self |
| James Forman | Self |
| Bobby Seale | Self |
