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.

Credits

Stanley NelsonDirector

Kathleen CleaverSelf - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Julian BondSelf - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]

Jamal JosephSelf - Black Panther Party

Blair AndersonSelf - Black Panther Party