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196828 minPGdocumentary

7.1/ 10(101 ratings)• TMDB

Black Panthers

196828 minPGdocumentary

7.1/ 10(101 ratings)• TMDB

A poignant look at Black Panther meetings igniting political change in 1968.

“Black is beautiful! We want to free Huey Newton!”

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A poignant look at Black Panther meetings igniting political change in 1968.

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Agnès Varda

Agnès Vardadirector

Agnès Varda

Agnès Vardawriter

Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newtoncast

Eldridge Cleaver

Eldridge Cleavercast

Bobby Seale

Bobby Sealecast

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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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