write me back personally. We see traces of their actions in the interventions of the Black Lives Matter movement, asserting the humanity of black people in the face of incessant state-sanctioned violence, or in the vision of The Black School, a new experimental art school which foregrounds radical black politics and socially engaged art as methodology for educating students. Allen Moore This brother here, myself, all of us, were born with our hair like this and we wear it like this.The reason for it you might say is that the new awareness among black people that they are beautiful.They are aware.They are proud of it. US Capitalism is Lethal, The Bridge of Stones: a Migrant Christmas Story, Nichole Stephens, Administrative Assistant. Editor's note: Back in February, we held an event with filmmaker Stanley Nelson to talk about his now Emmy-nominated film, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. [5], The film received both acclaim and reproval from critics. Stanley Nelson's previous films include the documentary Freedom Summer, which he wrote, produced and directed. And for Newton, the revolution would belong to the people. The Film Group The Seattle Times In the exhibition, Stephen Shamess photographs are mounted alongside ninety-eight covers of Emory Douglass The Black Panther, the newspaper vital to the Partys communications and outreach. Without the kind of authoritative contexta museum or historical institution might provide, this presentation fails to engage with internal rifts and conflicts, a much-needed perspective on gender politics, or the Partys eventual demise. John Shearer The film premiered on January 23, 2015 at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before receiving a limited North American theatrical release on September 2, 2015. THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOUGHT RACIAL OPPRESSION IN THE LATE 1960s AND '70s SERVING AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE WHILE ALSO AT TIMES RESORTING TO VIOLENCE. SO WHO AM I TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO IT. Fifty years ago, it seemed, the world was poised for revolution. When on the institution site, please use the credentials provided by your institution. Charles E. Jones Just four days later, as shown in the film, Los Angeles police attacked the Panthers office on Central Avenue, as part of an effort by the LAPD to show that they were the dominant force. Instead, their attack provoked a shootout in which the Black Panther defenders held off the police for hours, eventually emerging relatively unscathed, embarrassing the LAPD no end. Nate Horowitz J. Daniel Johnson [7] The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, describing it as "a strong if only occasionally transporting biography of a movement that terrified the establishment in its day. Dir. Jane Rhodes Shamess photographsvintage and contemporary gelatin-silver printsare displayed thematically and loosely follow the timeline of the Panthers rise and most active periods of operation. Not long after that Hampton was dead, murdered in his bed by Chicago police. THAT IS MY UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL, STANLEY. hide caption. Qty: Add to Cart. The idea of writing letters to people's husbands or wives to tear them apart that was one of the tactics that the FBI was using, but just anything that they could possibly do to tear people apart and to create the sense of paranoia because you didn't know what was going on. Vision & Justice. And so they're trapped in some ways [and] can't get out of that box as time goes on. WMAR-TV, The David Frost Show from the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Firing Line appears courtesy of Hoover Institution Archives, "The Mike Douglas Show"courtesy of CBS Television Distribution, Soul Train appears courtesy of Soul Train Holdings, LLC Privacy Policy I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW -- WHAT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AND ARE GETTING OUT THERE IN THE STREETS CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN A MOVEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THEY -- THE POLITICALNESS OF THEIR LIVES WILL STAY THERE, YOU KNOW? Am I Black Enough for You FILMSOT: Yourre talking about people who are teenagers, 17, 18, 20.Thats the of the Panthers.The fact that we were so young the fact that we never recognized how startling we were to people. The Black Panthers Party. AND SO THAT MADE UP IN SOME WAYS A LOT OF THE BACKBONE OF THE FILM. 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More than 40 years after the Black Panther Party was founded the group and its leadership remain powerful and enduring images in our popular . After the U.S. civil rights movement, change and a revolutionary counter culture emerged in the late 1960s.A historical documentary traces the disputes that raged over racial inequality and civil rights and the new political party that emerged.VOAs Carolyn Turner, reports onThe Black Panthers, Vanguards of the Revolution.. The Panthers, again, were much more urban. While serving an indeterminate sentence for the armed robbery of a gas station in 1961, Jackson became involved in revolutionary activity and co-founded the prison gang Black Guerrilla Family.. When on the society site, please use the credentials provided by that society. Transcript Enlarge this image Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif. AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER STANLEY NELSON REFLECTS ON CIVIL RIGHTS- FROM THE BLACK PANTHERS MOVEMENT TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND WHAT TODAYS DEMONSTRATORS CAN LEARN FROM THEIR PREDECESSORS WHO FOUGHT BEFORE THEM. George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 - August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist and prisoner. WHAT'S THE REALITY THAT YOU WANTED TO CONVEY IN YOUR FILM? Courtesy of Unichappel Music, Inc. (BMI) Young politically-minded people should see it and learn some history of revolutionary politics in the US. White House Communications Agency Pirkle Jones & Ruth-Marion Baruch MCF http://www.theblackpanthers.co.uk/The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is available on DVD.Change was coming to America and the fault lines could n. ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO CAUSE DISSENSION IN THE RANKS. ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, YOU KNOW, COULD BE THIS GREAT SPOKESMAN AND SPEAKER AND THERE WERE OTHERS, KATHLEEN CLEAVER, ELAINE BROWN, SO MANY OTHERS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FILM IS AS THESE LEADERS STARTED TO FALTER THEN THE MOVEMENT STARTED TO FALTER BECAUSE IT WAS SO BASED ON THESE LEADERS. Written by James Brown and Fred Wesley Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight . Darryl Wilson Billy X Jennings A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. And for Newton, the revolution would belong to the people. They were dangerous. Jaime Lucero Jr. So the FBI does things that range from infiltrating the party and having agent provocateurs inside the Panther Party who are provoking violent acts and buying guns and supplying guns to the Panthers, to he has [a] memo that says we have to set spouse against spouse. Because of a quirk in California law, the men were able to carry loaded weapons openly. Kellita Smith Performed by Billy Paul Select your institution from the list provided, which will take you to your institution's website to sign in. A century has passed since Marcus Garvey built the largest mass movement organization among blacks in American history. Stanley's documentary, "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," is streaming on PBS and also re-airing this week on Independent Lens on Thirteen and WLIW. While some critics have taken fault with Vanguard of the Revolution's condensed approach to retelling the story of the Black Panther Party, others praise it . Stephen Shames revisits his chronicle of American activism. The Baltimore Sun Courtesy of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co. (BMI) FILM SOT: Dear Mr. Newton, Im a 13 year old student and I want to be a Black Panther.Does it matter what your religition Is?What are some qualifircations to be a black Panther?P.S. The film sparked the No. Vanderbilt Television News Archive The film does a good job of showing the operation of the Panthers Free Breakfast program, which itself was an expression of the mass character of the Party. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. Nelson, who chronicles the Panther movement in his new documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, says the group was a response to what some saw as the limitations of the nonviolent civil rights movement. I GOT TO WATCH THE FILM FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PREPARATION FOR THIS INTERVIEW AND THIS TIME BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONTENT SO WELL I WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE CRAFT AND IT'S JUST MASTERFUL. Fred Hampton, Jr. All Work is Copyright Of Respective Owner, Otherwise 2023 Aperture Foundation. Copyright 2023 Organization of American Historians. Their message of unqualified resistance to racism, armed self-defense and anti-capitalist revolutionary politics galvanized the creation of chapters of the Party in nearly every city and state of the US. By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing, (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People YOU KNOW, THIS HE HAD A BUNCH OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WERE ALIGNED IN MANY WAYS WITH THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND THEY WEREN'T OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES, THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE TO THE PANTHERS THAN BLACK RADICALISM AND VIOLENCE. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival . Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement that feels timely all over again. The film includes considerable footage of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Panthers in Chicago. [4] It will be followed by Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and The Slave Trade: Creating a New World. Did Man Who Armed Black Panthers Lead Two Lives. Claudia Katayanagi The Black Panther Party was, in its day, the leading organizational expression of the revolutionary forces in the United States. YOU KNOW, THEY KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING, BUT NOBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FBI AND THE POWERS THAT BE COULD BE SO SINISTER, BUT ALSO SO PETTY, YOU KNOW. Hiroji Kubota/ Magnum Photos Rick Butler They famously had an image of openly bearing arms and their overall approach was of a more confrontational style than that preached by Martin Luther King. Tommy Hawkins AP Archives Shot down like a common animal, he died a warrior for Black Liberation. Doug Coronado the black panthers: vanguard of the revolution transcript. "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" opens with an old "Soul Train" clip of musical legends, The Chi-Lites. Performed by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s Be more independent. Caleb Mose When Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Party in 1966, they were riding a wave of rebellion that had engulfed Black America from boycotts, sit-ins and Freedom Rides in the South, to mass riots and near-insurrections in the Black ghettoes of the North. Stephen Shames, Black Panthers carry George Jacksons coffin into St. Augustines Episcopal Church for his funeral service as a huge crowd watches, Oakland, California, August 28, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. See below. Jonathan Eubanks I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT ON AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS AMAZING. Stephen Shames/Polaris Images BBC Motion Gallery Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) Jessica Lynne is a writer, critic, and coeditor of, The Photographers Who Built an Army of Lovers through Protest and Celebration, A Photographer's Unflinching Portrait of America in Crisis, Progress Requires Pictures: An Exit Interview with Chris Boot, How a Group of Young Italian Artists Redefined Avant-Garde Photography, The Cutting Cleverness of Martha Roslers Collages, An Artists Clever Reuse of the Fashion Image, The Double Life of a French Armenian Photographer, An Exhibition Revives the Legacy of Life Magazine. Written by Charles Wright 64. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. The Black Panthers were absolutely unique. SOT: Stanley Nelson, Director & Producer THE PANTHERS WERE IN YOUR FACE AND SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. Albert Preciado A Professional theme for architects, construction and interior designers By what name was The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) officially released in Canada in English? Yet, the further we travel away from the Panther era, the greater our chance to distort that reality. Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each otherin print, in person, and online. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution a three-part series covering African-American history and the revolutionary Black Panther Party. San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive 2023 Independent Television Service (ITVS). tells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America. Stephen Shames, Black Panther member sells The Black Panther, the Partys newspaper, in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Music and Lyrics by Gil Scott-Heron [BP Bobby Hutton TRT 1:04] Their causes, with slogans like power to the people and creating a better world are relevant again in an era that has seen the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and tense relations between African American communities and the police. The short life of former Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter Chairman Fred Hampton is dramatized brilliantly in Shaka King's latest feature, the acclaimed Judas and the Black Messiah. J Alfred Smith Jennifer Chien Ron Thompson The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution: Screening and Discussion. Prod. They were radicals. Rhon G. Flatts Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution . The Black Panthers condemnations of injustice, oppression and brutality in the late 60s and early 70s reverberate again in one city after another. Both of these twentieth-century movements, which captured the imagination of young African Americans, declined in less than a decade. Written by Ellis E. Blacknell Marc Nortons website is MarcNortonOnline. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THOSE TACTICS WERE USED. DVD is still in shrink wrap with original seal and stickers. Alondra Nelson The idea of the black leather jacket and the beret came from Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and they came up with the idea because they said, "Every young black man has a black leather jacket or can get one or can borrow one if they can't buy one." Center for Sacramento History, KCRA TV Film Collection Edited by dqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer. Freedom Archives Javier Vazquez The height of their power was in 1968 when they had around 2,000 members. Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Bianca Dang The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. Stanley Nelson, Assistant Producer/Researcher We only immortalize whatwe think is necessary to immortalize. And as the country searches for permanent solutions to larger social and racial problems permeating through society, were also reminded of another movement in our nations history that was both radical and often misunderstood. Lucy Flores Courtesy of Republic Records JT Takagi The result was, as is portrayed in the film, COINTELPRO the Counter Intelligence Program organized and implemented by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to harass, discredit and destroy the Black Panthers and other revolutionary organizations by every dirty trick imaginable, up to and including trumped-up criminal charges and outright assassination. YOU KNOW, HE DOES HIS LITTLE TWEETS BECAUSE HE CAN'T HELP HIMSELF, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL REEMERGE. Nelsons film does not shy away from the story of the demise of the Party. In a series of four images, Newton and Seale pose for the photographer, unable to hold their laughter as they prepare for a portrait. "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," a documentary on the 60s civil rights group 37,478 views Sep 25, 2015 741 Dislike Share NOWNESS 900K subscribers Shades, afros,. YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK THAT -- THAT YOU CAN DEFUND THE POLICE WITHOUT AN ORGANIZED OBJECTION FROM THE POLICE, THEN YOU'RE WRONG. Tribune Content Agency Choose this option to get remote access when outside your institution. Cliff Charles, Sound Recordists Written and Performed by Jimi Hendrix, Sultan Ahmad Riley Linebaugh The film explores the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th centurys most controversial organizations. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution December 4, 1969 is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Chicago Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, and, four days later, of the shootout between the Los Angeles Black Panthers and the LAPD. The Black Panthers knew how to exploit the media. IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM -- SOME OF THEM WILL JUST GO BACK TO THEIR JOBS AND NEVER, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAY ANOTHER WORD, BUT MANY OF THEM WILL BE POLITICIZED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. TAGS: black lives matter, black panthers, civil rights, Protests, stanley nelson, vanguard of the revolution, 2023 WNET. The Black Panther Party is for overthrowing the United States government. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LESSONS -- IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION ALL THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY BIG QUESTIONS, ONE OF MY BIG POINTS AND YOU JUMPED RIGHT TO IT, BUT THE OTHER BIG LESSON I THINK THAT IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN IS TO NEVER UNDERESTIMATE HOW MUCH THE POWERS THAT BE, THE STATE, WILL USE ITS POWER --. You Save: $3.75 (15%) The institutional subscription may not cover the content that you are trying to access. This sense of empathy comes across even in scenes of funeral processions, a testament to Shamess commitment as a documentarian. Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members. Pat Thomas IF YOU HAD TO NAME WHO THE LEADERS ARE, I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO NAME THEM. Chairman of the Black Panther Party and here he is.Applause. 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. Board of Trustees This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly Read allThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years. Bruno Barbey/Magnum Photos by Stanley Nelson. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, Ericka Huggins, and dozens of others, as well as archival footage of the late Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution tells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America. Members of the Black Panthers line up at a rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland, Calif. Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, a group of six black men in Oakland, Calif., came together in an effort to curb police brutality against African-Americans in the city. [@8:00 to understand the Panthers at all you have to understand what was going on in this period that we cover on the film 1966 to73.You know when there were all these movementschurningin America at the time.There was the traditional civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the student movement the women's liberation movement there were all these things about what happened and they were all part of you know what was going on in the states. AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S AN UNTESTED WAY TO HAVE A MOVEMENT, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS IN THIS MOVEMENT'S FAVOR BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY, YOU KNOW, TO BRING THE MOVEMENT DOWN IF THEY --. AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, IF YOU SEE THE FILM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ALL THAT AND THE PANTHERS TALK ABOUT ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WERE INFILL DATERS IN THE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW, BUT THE FBI, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT THIS IS OUR MAIN GOAL. Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, MacArthur Genius Fellow, and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. Fifty years ago, on October 15, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. But, the world the Panthers imaginedis yet to come. Virgil Roberts That could have been my son lying there. Aired on June 10, 2020.. The Panthers struck a chord among black youth for definite historical reasons. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the Vanguard of that change. We hear the phrase frequently these days, and director Stanley Nelson (Freedom Summer) takes us back 49 years to the beginning of the Black Panther Party, and then walks us through the rise and fall. Efootage Capital Campaign, Contact Us The look was very, very calculated. I was taught to be proper.Behave yourself.Youre going out in public to always know that the white man was listening.With the Black Panthers coming to the scene, it was just a completely different message.As a 12 year old, youknow what?You had this whole other portrayal of self and just really digging it! TURAN: Well, as you can imagine that overthrowing of the United States government caught the attention of J. Edgar. After the U.S. civil rights movement, change and a revolutionary counter culture emerged in the late 1960's.A historical documentary traces the disputes that raged over racial inequality and civil. Formed in California in 1966 with the purpose of challenging police brutality towards black people, the Panthers had an understanding of the power of image and attitude that was decades ahead of its time. In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media, Sam Aleshinloye/Courtesy of Firelight Media. THE PANTHERS CHANGED THE WAY WE RESPOND AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS. Help bring programs like Independent Lens to your PBS station. Elbert Big Man Howard WNET The film ends with the statement that 20 Black Panthers are still in prison, over four decades after the Party rocked the nation. Yasmin Garcia The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution by Marc Norton The title of Stanley Nelson's new documentary film The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, says it clearly. James T. Campbell 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Staff Kia Campbell Washington State Archives Kenneth OReilly The director notes that when he began the film seven years ago, he could never have anticipated that it would be released at a time when issues of police brutality and justice for African-Americans were so prominent. Annalise Tompkins Read reviews and buy The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2016) at Target. The Black. They were freedom fighters. I WONDER IF YOU SEE -- IF YOU CAN ELABORATE, I GUESS, IF YOU SEE THAT THAT COULD BE A THREAT TO THIS -- TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE PROTESTS NOW. I THINK THE PANTHERS MAIN LEGACY IS CULTURAL. Fifty years ago, on October 15, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. Search for other works by this author on: You do not currently have access to this article. The film combines archival footage and interviews with surviving Panthers and FBI agents to tell the story of the revolutionary black organization the Black Panther Party. Kathleen Cleaver, Voice-Over Actors UCLA Film & Television Archive All of those things the FBI was using and I don't think anybody really understood the extent and the low level that the FBI would sink to to destroy people it looked at as its enemies. The organisation collapsed in 1982 but has been remembered by the world ever since. J. 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