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 . "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" opens with an old "Soul Train" clip of musical legends, The Chi-Lites. Older politically-minded people who have gotten fuzzy about the lengths to which our ruling class will go to stamp out opposition should also see the film. Estate of Howard Brodie, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456], ABC Videosource Bianca Dang 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. Oddball Film & Video Allen Moore I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT ON AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS AMAZING. I HADN'T EVEN NOTICED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A NARRATOR BEFORE. SOT: Kathleen Cleaver, Black Panther Party It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. They were freedom fighters. 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. Screening and Discussion in partnership with Vermont Public Television and Prof. Bill Hart of "Indie Lens Pop-Up's The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution". 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. Stanley Nelson's previous films include the documentary Freedom Summer, which he wrote, produced and directed. Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21, an infamous conspiracy case that highlighted government repression of Black liberation activists during the 1960s and 1970s. The Panthers struck a chord among black youth for definite historical reasons. Critical Past AS WE SEARCH FOR PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO SYSTEMIC SOCIAL AND RACIAL PROBLEMS WE ARE REMINDED OF ANOTHER MOVEMENT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY THAT WAS BOTH RADICAL AND OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD. Efootage Performed by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s Performed by Billy Paul The Final Nail in the Coffin for Alaskas Pebble Mine? All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 92% rating based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. Angela Arnold YOU KNOW, THE PROTESTS OVER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY HAVE IGNITED WHAT SOME HAVE CALLED THE NEXT CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. SOT:Rita Williams Garcia, Writer Documentary Fortnight (Feb 13 - 28, 2015): http://bit.ly/1LfavqN-"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" is the first feature-length documentary to . They are sensitive, precious photographs of two friends, two young, black men who were confronting the perils of a racist, capitalist empire. Black Pantthers The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. That is precisely why the forces of repression in the US government needed to wreck the Black Panther Party, the vanguard of that revolutionary movement. Music Getty Images International / BBC Worldwide Performed by The Last Poets The Blank Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Part, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. How many people today know that this Black Panther program was the template for the free breakfast and free lunch programs in schools throughout the nation today? I THINK THE PANTHERS MAIN LEGACY IS CULTURAL. Shades, afros, black leather jackets and revolution - few political parties have harnessed style quite like the Black Panthers. Shot down like a common animal, he died a warrior for Black Liberation. 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. Host Jo Ann Hardesty speaks with Stanley Nelson, director of "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution," the first feature-length documentary to tell the Black Panther Party's story from beginning to end, illuminating its significance to broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Antonio Lopez As we witness the rise of a new group of young, black, activists in the U.S., and as we continue pursuing a vision of liberty that includes all Americans, the story of the Black Panther Party remains a vital point of reference. The Black Panthers condemnations of injustice, oppression and brutality in the late 60s and early 70s reverberate again in one city after another. A lot of people don't know that was really part of the traditional civil rights movement, that they dressed up because they wanted to show you the difference between them all dressed up in suits and ties the women were encouraged to wear dresses and sometimes little white gloves because they wanted to show you the difference between them and the mobs that would be chasing them or screaming at them. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to showcase the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the . Earl Leon Anthony When on the society site, please use the credentials provided by that society. Virgil Roberts Javier Vazquez 648 pages. The free breakfast program was one of those ideas that just kind of arose out of a need. This was a break from Martin Luther King and the suits and ties and that kind of "we're going to look proper." NARRATOR I think that the Black Panthers and the leadership felt that their phones were tapped and those kind of things, but nobody understood the extent that the FBI was going to destroy the Panthers and other groups. Written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff J. Leo Randolph MetroFocus is made possible by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, the Filomen M. D'Agostino Foundation, The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Bernard and Denise Schwartz, Barbara Hope Zuckerberg, Jody and John Arnhold, the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation and the Estate of Roland Karlen. 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. That could have been my son lying there. Police harassment and brutality against young black men became one of the main sources of recruitment for the Black Panthers. NARRATOR Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact . To the Black Panther Party this was crisis and chaos.Because this was the first time this had ever happened.There had been no Panther murdered by police. Cliff Charles, Sound Recordists Another striking photograph from the same day shows Newton and Central Committee Member Elaine Brown sharing a victorious embrace. Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement that feels timely all over again. Eric Lockley SOT: Jim Dunbar, Journalist In the era of Black Lives Matter, what is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? SO WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY OF THE PANTHERS FOR US TODAY? Stanley Nelson, Assistant Producer/Researcher There's talk and more talk about revolution these days, but it's also in danger of being relegated to just another 'fashionable buzzword' used in a cynical ploy to establish a byline to disenfranchised 'millennials'. Music Capital Campaign, Contact Us Courtesy of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. Sara W. Duke NBC News Archives 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. Lead Supporters 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. James T. Campbell SO THE PANTHERS IN MANY WAYS DIDN'T KIND OF UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEM. Fifty years ago, it seemed, the world was poised for revolution. Greg Quedens 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. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. NARRATOR Jason Torres SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE CLEARER ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENTERING -- WE'VE ENTERED INTO A WAY NEW AGE OF SURVEILLANCE, OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN AND NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWERS THAT BE. Courtesy of Legacy Recordings YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT IDEA TO PEOPLE SO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, SEE FOR THEMSELVES. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution is a co-production of Firelight Films, Inc. and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). It's saying, "OK, we're going to totally break from what the traditional civil rights movement is asking for. THAT WAS SO THEIR MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE STARTED OUT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T PREACH MORE AND MORE AND MORE RADICAL VIOLENCE AND KIND OF BACKED THEM INTO A CORNER THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF. YOU KNOW, THE POLICE AND THE POLICE UNIONS ARE VERY, VERY ORGANIZED AND WILL DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD ON TO THE POWER THAT THEY HAVE AND THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE. This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. Nelsons film documents what those who lived through it already know that the Panthers quickly became a mass movement throughout the country. The party captured the imagination of the urban black youth and black college students and won allies in the predominantly white antiVietnam War movement and among Latino and Asian American activists. Courtesy of Brunswick Record Corporation. 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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? The postwar capitalist boom had left out tens of millions of workers and the poor, and the poverty rate remained . On the Black Panther uniform of leather jackets and berets. 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. 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. Avram Billig Getty Images 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. Gautam Choudhury The Black Panthers film page states that cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. Written by Charles Wright Additional Footage provided courtesy of Maysles Films, Inc, Music Some stories are told using media archival footage from the media, while others are conveyed from the point of view of those previously involved with and against the group. Lisbet Tellefson For a closer look at the movements complicated history, well be joined by award-winning filmmaker, Stanley Nelson to explain the history of the Black Panthers rise and downfall and share his perspective on why George Floyds death has driven so many Americans to rise up in protest. Preview. Bobby Huttonbecame a martyr for the Black Power cause, which fueled other sympathetic causes across the country to support them in solidarity. YOU KNOW, I JUST -- YOU KNOW, WENT TO CAPE COD THE OTHER DAY AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS A BIG TRUMP RALLY, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS -- WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST -- IT'S SCARY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU RALLYING AGAINST, YOU KNOW? Led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the Panthers put forth a 10-point program that sought to address a host of problems, including police brutality, poor housing and subpar education. Written and Performed by Jimi Hendrix, Sultan Ahmad Chairman of the Black Panther Party and here he is.Applause. Written, Produced and Directed by Aired on June 10, 2020.. 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. Shamess photographsvintage and contemporary gelatin-silver printsare displayed thematically and loosely follow the timeline of the Panthers rise and most active periods of operation. 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. THERE'S SO MUCH THEY CAN LEARN, GOOD AND BAD, AND WE TRY TO SHOW ALL THAT IN THE FILM. YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW. Stu Richel View the institutional accounts that are providing access. Jaime Lucero Jr. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival . KRON-TV I MEAN, ARE YOU RALLYING AGAINST THE FACT THAT A COP, YOU KNOW, SAT ON A GUY'S NECK FOR ALMOST NINE MINUTES UNTIL HE WAS DEAD? write me back personally. Abstract: "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. Copyright 2023 Organization of American Historians. I think what happens as time goes on is they are kind of trapped into this corner that they've painted for themselves: one, with the over-the-top rhetoric; two, with the guns that they carry at first. We're not asking for a right to sit on a bus or eat in a restaurant our demands are much more radical, and they might be over-the-top, but they'll also get your attention." More than 40 years after the Black Panther Party was founded the group and its leadership remain powerful and enduring images in our popular . "[9], Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther Party leader, criticized the film, writing that it presents "a disparaging portrait of Huey P. Newton" and that Nelson "[excised] from his film the Party's ideological foundation and political strategies, [] reducing our activities to sensationalist engagements, as snatched from establishment media headlines. Shames accesses the intimacies of the Partys interior world, and his photographs evoke a tenderness that is hard to shake. So if you look at some of the pictures, everybody has on leather jackets, but they're all slightly different some might have a double-breasted black leather jacket, some might have a black jacket with a zipper, some might have a black jacket that's kind of a suit jacket. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a feature documentary that includes eyewitness accounts from the first members who joined the organization to rank-and-file members in cities. 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. 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Much of the archival footage used in the film has never been publicly broadcast before, with much time and effort going into locating and digitizing obscure resources. Infamous wiretaps of the Black Panthers were never accessed through the Freedom of Information Act, despite repeated attempts on behalf of the producer. Yasmin Garcia Stephen Shames, Memorial mural for Jonathan Jackson, who was killed on August 7, 1970, during an attempt to kidnap California Superior Court judge Harold Haley and three others to exchange for the freedom of his brother, George Jackson, Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. In the era of Black Lives Matter, what is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? The film sparked the No. How Many Ukrainian Refugees Will Return Home? [@1:00 So police brutality, unemployment, bad schools-- all those things they were talking about , -- but they look so cool with a black leather jacket to liberated hat cocked to the side sunglasses and a big Afro.Asa 15-year-old teenager I was like wow!Who are these guys? IMDb7.3/10.0-53% $11.64 $ 11. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE LIVING IN NOW IS THE POWERS THAT BE ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE MOVEMENT ITS HEAD. Mitchell Gersten 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. Privacy Policy Tommy Hawkins Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, MacArthur Genius Fellow, and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. TAGS: black lives matter, black panthers, civil rights, Protests, stanley nelson, vanguard of the revolution, 2023 WNET. The Black Panthers, Vanguards of the Revolution - Part 1. Lucy Flores Stephen Shames, Black Panther co-founders Bobby Seale & Huey Newton pose in Hueys penthouse apartment, Oakland, California, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Margaret Sclafani, Production Assistants "For God's sake," the group sings, "why dontcha give more power to the people?" The Afro-clad quartet deliver their message of protest with a funky groove, a technique director Stanley Nelson adopts for this documentary. 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 alluring nature of the organisation and violent controversies that followed it led to its rise and fall. Choose this option to get remote access when outside your institution. Freedom Archives The look was very, very calculated. Hampton was a charismatic young man who was well on his way to building a strong and powerful organization, uniting not only the Black community but many other potential allies. Riley Linebaugh The FBI was also conducting counterintelligence aimed at the party. Written by Ellis E. Blacknell tells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America. WELL, I THINK THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE MYTH AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS A RAT, I WAS A YOUNG GUY WHEN THE PANTHERS CAME INTO BEING IN 1966, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY MEMORY OF HOW WE LOOKED AT THE PANTHERS WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN HOW THEY'VE DOWN IN HISTORY. TURAN: Well, as you can imagine that overthrowing of the United States government caught the attention of J. Edgar. Bill Wingell, Oakland Tribune/ Bay Area News Group East Bay, LLC, Bob Olender, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library, Daily Worker/Daily World Photographs Collection Tamiment Library, New York University, Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, Howard Robbins /San Francisco Examiner Collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Sometimes the rhetoric is definitely over-the-top, and I think that's one of the things that the Panthers knew and wanted it to be over-the-top. 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. Stephen Shames, Children at a Free Huey, Free Bobby rally in front of the Federal Building, San Francisco, California, February, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. They were after a different crew. Price: $21.24. KPIX-TV William Pharr, one of the LA Panther defenders, published his autobiography Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival in 2014, including an account of the shootout. The legacyof Hoovers actionsinfiltration, assassinations, criminalist discourse about the Panthersstill lingers. Rather than the usual textbook approach that focuses on the famous photos of angry black men wearing leather jackets and berets while toting firearms, this is a much more comprehensive look at the complexities of the organization and its members. Vision & Justice. Black lives matter. "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,. I think the Black Panthers really understood the media.They knew what we were after, they knew what we were focusing on. Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. [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. 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. 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. Javier Eduardo Muoz We only immortalize whatwe think is necessary to immortalize. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE BAD AT IS THAT THEIR MESSAGE HAD TO KIND OF ESCALATE, CONTINUE TO ESCALATE. Diandra Durand WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE PANTHERS AND WHY DID YOU LEAVE? Partners Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight . The Black Panthers condemnations of injustice, oppression and brutality in the late 60s and early 70s reverberate again in one city after another. 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." Pirkle Jones & Ruth-Marion Baruch MCF The Baltimore Sun 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. 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Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, I THINK SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, THESE MOVEMENTS ARE MOMENTS IN HISTORY COME DOWN TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THIS MYTH AND WE FORGET THE REALITY. The Seattle Times Claudia Katayanagi Kia Campbell Years after its first utterance, Newtons claim remains the most definitive statement regarding the ethos that guided the Panthers. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. Black Panthers The film took seven years to complete. All Rights Reserved. Alondra Nelson NARRATOR By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing, "Winter in America" SOT: Stanley Nelson, Director & Producer The Black Panther party flashed across the nation's consciousness in the latter half of the 1960s, following the integrationist, nonviolent, and mainly southern-oriented civil rights movement. Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members. . NARRATOR The Party espoused a Marxist political stance, manifest in programs such as the Free Breakfast for Children Program and the Peoples Free Medical Clinics. T3Media SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE PANTHERS AND WE ALSO WANTED TO TALK TO WHAT THEY CALLED THE RANK AND FILE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The film includes considerable footage of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Panthers in Chicago. ITN Archive Limited You didn't know what was true or what was not true; you didn't know who your friends were. Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution . 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