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Black Panthers (1968)

Black Panthers poster
Directed by
Agnès Varda
Genre
documentary film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
31 min
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 97 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary follows the Black Panther Party in Oakland during protests over Huey P. Newton's arrest. It shows the group's activities and community work.

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What happens

Black Panthers is a 1968 short documentary film directed by Agnès Varda. The film focuses on the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, during protests over the arrest of Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton for the murder of police officer John Frey in 1967. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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