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Feature film — 2015

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)

7.01h 53mDocumentary

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.

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A high-signal pick with 68 votes.

Firelight Films / ITVS / Independent Lens / Ford Foundation / JustFilms / PBS

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Director: Stanley Nelson

On screen

Cast & crew

Kathleen Cleaver as Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver

Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Julian Bond as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]

Julian Bond

Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]

Jamal Joseph as Self - Black Panther Party

Jamal Joseph

Self - Black Panther Party

Blair Anderson as Self - Black Panther Party

Blair Anderson

Self - Black Panther Party

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Omar Barbour

Self - Black Panther Party

Elaine Brown as Self - Black Panther Party

Elaine Brown

Self - Black Panther Party

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Scot Brown

Self - Historian

William Calhoun as Self - Black Panther Party

William Calhoun

Self - Black Panther Party

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Clayborne Carson

Self - Historian

Eldridge Cleaver as Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Eldridge Cleaver

Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

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Dennis Cunningham

Self - Attorney

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Emory Douglas

Self - Black Panther Party

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