The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
2015
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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.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) is a 1h 53min documentary feature film by Stanley Nelson. The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accoun...
Key facts
Cast
Kathleen Cleaver, Julian Bond, Jamal Joseph, Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Elaine Brown, Scot Brown, William Calhoun
Original language
French
First release
March 8, 2015 (United States)
Crew
Screenplay
Stanley Nelson
Producer
Laurens Grant, Stanley Nelson
Editing
Aljernon Tunsil
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- National Board of Review 2015 generic
- San Francisco International Film Festival 2015 generic
- Seattle International Film Festival 2015 generic
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2015 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2015 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | March 8, 2015 |
| Theatrical | United States | March 19, 2015 |
| Theatrical | United States | April 18, 2015 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | June 6, 2015 |
| Theatrical | United States | September 2, 2015 |
| Streaming | United States | February 1, 2022 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 15 |
Full credits
| Director | Stanley Nelson |
| Cast | 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), Clayborne Carson (Self - Historian), Eldridge Cleaver (Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)), Dennis Cunningham (Self - Attorney), Emory Douglas (Self - Black Panther Party), Flores Forbes (Self - Black Panther Party), Sherwin Forte (Self - Black Panther Party), Ronald Freeman (Self - Black Panther Party), Roland Freeman (Self - Black Panther Party), Beverly Gage (Self - Historian), Ray Gaul (Self - Oakland Police Department), Jeff Haas (Self - Attorney), Fred Hampton (Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)), Edward Hanrahan (Self - State's Attorney (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan)), Elbert Howard (Self - Black Panther Party (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard)), Ericka Huggins (Self - Black Panther Party), Phyllis Jackson (Self - Black Panther Party), Deborah Johnson (Self - Black Panther Party (as Akua Njeri [Deborah Johnson])), Mike Klonsky (Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS]), Mark Kurlansky (Self - Writer), Bob Lee (Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)), David Lemieux (Self - Black Panther Party), Tarika Lewis (Self - Black Panther Party), Felipe Luciano (Self - Young Lords), Ron McCarthy (Self - Los Angeles Police Department) |
| Screenplay | Stanley Nelson |
| Producer | Laurens Grant, Stanley Nelson |
| Executive producer | Sally Jo Fifer |
| Editing | Aljernon Tunsil |
Additional data: TMDB.
