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"Sekou Odinga", "Merritt College", "Black Power Mixtape" + Q&A
One night screening of "Sekou Odinga", "Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers", "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975" and a Q&A with original Black Panthers. Part of the annual Black Panther Film Festival.
Schedule (Descriptions of the films and series follow):
6:45 pm
"Sekou Odinga"
Excerpt of interview with original BP and political prisoner Sekou Odinga.
7:00 pm
"Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers"
(Peralta TV, 2007, 60 min.)
8:00 pm
"The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975"
(Dir. Göran Hugo Olsson, 2011, 97 min.)
Post Screening panel with Original Black Panthers
"Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers"
(Peralta TV, 2007, 60 min.)
This comprehensive film tells the story of the late 1960's West Oakland, which was the birthplace of the Black Panthers. It seeks to address the broad roots of the movement and the impact the party had on social justice throughout the country. Featuring interviews with Richard Aoki, Billy X, Kathleen Cleaver, Emory Douglas and many more Bay Area Panthers.
"The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975"
(Dir. Göran Hugo Olsson, 2011, 97 min.)
Starting in 1967 a number of journalists for Swedish television sent film crews to the United States to interview major figures in the Black Panther Party and the larger Black Power movement. Filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson has used some of this archival footage as the basis for the documentary The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975, which includes vintage interviews with Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, and Louis Farrakhan. The newsreels are accompanied by recent interviews with artists, activists, and cultural historians who discuss this period in American history, including Harry Belafonte, Abiodun Oyewole, Melvin Van Peebles, Erykah Badu, rapper Talib Kweli, and many others.
Part of the '3rd Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival' Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the founding of the BPP
THEME: Remembering our Political Prisoners
September 30th, October 1st, 7th, 8th
From the Black Panther 10 Point Program:
#8: "WE WANT freedom for all black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.
WE BELIEVE that all black people should be released from the many jails and prisons because they have not received a fair and impartial trial.."
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LocationMaysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave.
New York, NY 10027
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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