The Black Panthers' story is generally presented in fragments, with sad, legendary descriptions of bloodshed and criminal behavior. Stanley Nelson goes to the source, mixing rare archive film with the words of individuals who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white sympathizers and adversaries, and Black Panthers who stayed loyal or departed. That key movement that ushered forth a new revolutionary culture in America was chronicled in vivid, personal detail in The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.
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The Black Panthers' story is generally presented in fragments, with sad, legendary descriptions of bloodshed and criminal behavior. Stanley Nelson goes to the source, mixing rare archive film with the words of individuals who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white sympathizers and adversaries, and Black Panthers who stayed loyal or departed. That key movement that ushered forth a new revolutionary culture in America was chronicled in vivid, personal detail in The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.
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