woman director,short film

Black Panthers (1968)

Poster for Black Panthers

Black is beautiful! We want to free Huey Newton!

A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Agnès Varda
  • Profile picture of Huey P. Newton
    Self Huey P. Newton
  • Profile picture of Eldridge Cleaver
    Self Eldridge Cleaver
  • Profile picture of Bobby Seale
    Self Bobby Seale
  • Profile picture of Kwame Ture
    Self Kwame Ture
  • Profile picture of Kathleen Cleaver
    Self Kathleen Cleaver

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Keywords

  • woman director
  • short film