SCREENING: The Black Panthers: The Vanguard of The Revolution
Fri 23 Oct - Thur 29 Oct 2015 / Watershed
The first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to 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 trove 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. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, and many others, this is an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America. #PanthersDoc
Presented as part of Come The Revolution, a collective of curators, programmers and creatives from Bristol and Birmingham committed to exploring and challenging black life, experience and cultural expression through cinema. #ComeTheRev