6pm *FREE*
Black Panthers-Huey!
(Agnès Varda, USA/France, 31min., 16mm on video, 1968)
French filmmaker Agnès Varda transports you to the pivotal Free Huey rally. Newton , who, with Bobby Seale, created the Black Panther Party, was jailed for allegedly killing a police officer. His arrest galvanized Party support throughout the nation. Over 5,000 people attended the rally, which featured Party leaders and guest speakers such as Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, James Forman, Bob Avakian, and Stokely Carmichael. Through stark un-editorialized footage, this documentary chronicles the speakers outlining the Party's goals, their strategies for freeing Newton and more.
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Black Panther Newsreel
(California Newsreel, 1968, 15 min)
The California Newsreel was an underground alternative to the commercial broadcast media of the 1960's. This unique clip provides a chilling look at the California racial environment of 1968 with Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver and Bobby Seale offering perspectives on the Panthers and police brutality on the black community.
7pm *FREE*
Negroes with Guns! Rob Williams and Black Power
(Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts, US, 53 min., video, 2004)
The story of a forgotten civil rights figure who dared to advocate armed resistance to the violence of the Jim Crow South. Robert F. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and broke dramatic new ground by internationalizing the African American struggle. An electrifying look at a historically erased leader that also provides a thought-provoking examination of Black radicalism and resistance.
Original score by Terrence Blanchard.
