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Change was coming to America and the fault lines were no longer ignorable—cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change.
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. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. An essential history, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, is a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
Original Release
06/06/2015
US Release
09/02/2015
Cast
Name | Character |
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Blair Anderson | Self - Black Panther Party |
Omar Barbour | Self - Black Panther Party |
Julian Bond | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] |
Elaine Brown | Self - Black Panther Party |
Scot Brown | Self - Historian |
William Calhoun | Self - Black Panther Party |
Clayborne Carson | Self - Historian |
Eldridge Cleaver | Self - Black Panther Party / Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Kathleen Cleaver | Self - Black Panther Party / Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Dennis Cunningham | Self - Attorney |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Blair Anderson | Self - Black Panther Party |
Omar Barbour | Self - Black Panther Party |
Julian Bond | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] |
Elaine Brown | Self - Black Panther Party |
Scot Brown | Self - Historian |
William Calhoun | Self - Black Panther Party |
Clayborne Carson | Self - Historian |
Eldridge Cleaver | Self - Black Panther Party / Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Kathleen Cleaver | Self - Black Panther Party / Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Dennis Cunningham | Self - Attorney |
Emory Douglas | Self - Black Panther Party |
Flores Forbes | Self - Black Panther Party |
Sherwin Forte | Self - Black Panther Party |
Ronald Freeman | Self - Black Panther Party |
Roland Freeman | Self - Black Panther Party |
Beverly Gage | Self - Historian |
Ray Gaul | Self - Oakland Police Department |
Mike Gray | Self - Filmmaker |
Jeff Haas | Self - Attorney |
Fred Hampton | Self - Black Panther Party / Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sally Jo Fifer | Executive Producer |
Stanley Nelson | Producer |
Sam Aleshinloye | Producer |
Laurens Grant | Producer |
Rebecca Kent | Producer |
Nicole London | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2016 | Emmy | Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking | Nominated |