Synopsis
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.
Main Casting
Kathleen Cleaver
Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Julian Bond
Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
Jamal Joseph
Self - Black Panther Party
Blair Anderson
Self - Black Panther Party
Omar Barbour
Self - Black Panther Party
Elaine Brown
Self - Black Panther Party
Scot Brown
Self - Historian
William Calhoun
Self - Black Panther Party
Trailers
Technical team
Stanley Nelson Directing
Stanley Nelson Writing
Stanley Nelson Producing
Laurens Grant Producing
Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producing
Production
Firelight Films
ITVS
Independent Lens
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
PBS