The Black Panthers: Protest Footage & Interviews with Party Leaders Huey P Newton, Bobby Seale & Eldridge Cleaver

The Black Panthers: Protest Footage & Interviews with Party Leaders Huey P Newton, Bobby Seale & Eldridge Cleaver Review

The Black Panthers: Protest Footage & Interviews with Party Leaders Huey P Newton, Bobby Seale & Eldridge Cleaver Feature

• Table Of Contents:
• (1) Black Panthers (1960s) - 14 Minutes

This film features interviews with Black Panther Party Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton (from Alameda County Jail), Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information, and Chairman Bobby Seale. The film also features scenes from a Black Panther rally at Hutton Memorial Park demanding the release of Mr. Newton. This film does contain adult language. Table Of Contents: (1) Black Panthers (1960s) - The founders of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale are interviewed in this culturally significant historical film. The film intertwines footage of a Black Panther Party protest with scenes from the interviews. Huey Newton describes The Black Panther Party as "the vanguard of the revolution" and discusses the police brutality that is common place in African American neighborhoods and calls for the equal treatment in the judicial system in which Blacks are judged by biased White juries. Bobby Seale outlines the 10 points of the Black Panther Party Program which are, (1) Freedom (2) Full Employment (3) Decent Housing (4) End of Robbery of Black Communities by Whites (5) Education (6) Exemption of Blacks from Military Service (7) End police brutality and murder of Blacks (8) All Blacks to be released from jail and prison (9) Fair Trails (10) Land, Bread, Housing, & Education - Total Run Time - 14 Minutes

Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution

Huey P. Newton: Prelude to Revolution Review

Genre: Documentary
Rating: NR
Release Date: 13-JAN-2009
Media Type: DVD

A Huey P. Newton Story

A Huey P. Newton Story Review

A Huey P. Newton Story is an intimate portrait of Huey P. Newton, the late co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Director Spike Lee and Roger Guenveur Smith collaborate for the 7th time to bring Newton's thoughts, philosophies, history and flavour to life. Adapted from Robert Guenveur Smith's Obie Award winning off- Broadway solo performance of the same name, Spike Lee brings the play from the stage to the screen as only he could. Shot before a live audience, Spike Lee uses his signature mixture of film and archival footage, to capture Newton's "inner mind." The film is complemented by period material and original compositions from sound designer Marc Anthony Thompson, who received an Obie and Audelco Award for his work. Accompanied by an outstanding performance, starring and written by Roger Guenveur Smith, Nominated for two NAACP Image Awards and for winning the Peabody Award. This film is a piece of history that will bring the meaning to "Without Struggle There is No Life".