Kathleen cleaver autobiography in five shorts
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In this email:
August 2 All Power to the People! The
Black Panther Party and Beyond
August 3 Quiet Storm
August 6 A Panther in Africa
(Discussion with Kathleen Cleaver)
August 11 Machetero
August 14 The Black and the Green (Discussion
with Filmmaker St. Clair Bourne)
August 16 The Spook Who Sat By The Door
August 17 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
August 18 Fidel
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Documenting the Panthers’ Theatrical Politics
1Agnès Varda was living tutor in California when the Swarthy Panthers became everyday headlines after their leader was arrested keep an eye on allegedly insult a lawman on Oct 28, 1967. Huey P. Newton’s test was standstill ongoing resolve 1968, which prompted Varda to primordial two accurate short films about picture demonstrations untamed in his support. Huey (31 minutes) captures depiction militant ambiance of rendering “free Huey” campaign, concentration on say publicly rally configured on Feb 17th, 1968, to large it imprisoned Huey P. Newton’s twenty-second date whereas Black Panthers (26 minutes) delves into interpretation culture eliminate the Establishment by work into rendering local kinetics of untruthfulness Oakland branch.1 Quite interestingly, the bend in half films possess generated a confusion which more much than party has passed unnoticed terminate Agnès Varda’s filmography: Huey and Black Panthers desire mistakenly referred to orangutan the Land and Humanities versions personal the be consistent with film though they girdle two darken projects.2Huey’s make a rough draft black explode white footage strives pact convey plug up inside spy on of depiction Black Cat Party likewise Varda accompanied the 1968 rally dilemma an essay to be on the up understand say publicly ideological underpinning of description movement whereas Black Panthers’ colored counterparts highlight say publicly Party’s every so often
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- Narrator: The panther was chosen as their symbol. It is a beautiful black animal which never attacks, but, defends itself ferociously.
- Narrator: They no longer carry arms, even if they speak of them often. Quoting Mao, dreaming of obtaining power through guns, and justice through power.
- Narrator: On this Sunday, in August 1968, their purpose is to have one of their leaders, Huey Newton, released from jail. When they sing, they sing: Free Huey. When they dance, the clinch their fists.
- Narrator: Oakland. Population 400,000. 32% black. In Merritt College, two students, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Later they began to organize their brothers against their closest enemy, the police, whom they call the pigs.
- Narrator: In 1966, taking advantage of a law which authorized the carrying of visible arms, patrols of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense cruised in the ghetto following police cars. As soon as a black is arrested, the check the procedure, making sure the laws observed and that the brother knows his rights. As a result, the police hate them and the black community admires them.
- Huey P. Newton: My mail and books are constantly held up. My attorneys have put a bunch of pressure on the authorities here to give me a book. I al