Movie

Black Panthers (1968)

• December 1, 1968
• 28m

• Documentary

“Black is beautiful! We want to free Huey Newton!”

Overview

A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.

Director

Agnès Varda

Writers

Agnès Varda

Starring

Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale