[News] Panther DVD release @ AK Press Mon Oct

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Monday, October 16th—What We Want, What We Believe DVD release
Film-showing and conversation with Newsreel 
archivist, Roz Payne and former Black Panthers
7:30pm at the AK Press Warehouse

Join us on the 40th anniversary of the Black 
Panther Party as we 
launch<http://www.akpress.org/2006/items/whatwewantwhatwebelieve> 
What We Want, What We Believe
a four-DVD collection chronicling the Panthers 
and their supporters. The DVDs—released to 
coincide with the  40th anniversary of the 
Panthers  —include three acclaimed Newsreel 
films, and a mmassive quantity of rare and 
exclusive materials culled from Roz Payne's 
extensive collection of FBI documents, correspondence, and interviews.
We'll be playing selections from the DVDs, and 
Roz will be joined in conversation with former 
Black Panthers, Billy Jennings and Evans Hopkins, among others.

EVENTS ARE AT THE AK PRESS WAREHOUSE,
AK Press 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of 80/980
For more info contact:
AK Press at 510.208.1700, akpress at akpress.org or visit www.akpress.org



What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library

Donald Cox (Included), Beverly Axelrod 
(Included), Elizabeth Fink (Included), Marilyn 
Buck (Included), Kathleen Neal Cleaver 
(Included), Roz Payne (Editor), and Bobby Seale (Included)
ISBN:
Publisher: AK Press
Release Date: 2006-10-10

ITEM OVERVIEW
"The invaluable Movement documentaries Newsreel 
produced furthered the work of the Black Panther 
Party and now provide the esdentail visual record 
of the Party's early days. This new dvd 
collection offers an extraordinary compilation 
that includes historic behind the scenes details 
taken from a wide range of interviews and 
contemporary events as well as the classic 
Newsreel films."—Kathleen Cleaver, Communications 
Secretary, Black Panther Partyy, 1967–1971


For the first time on DVD, AK Press is proud to 
present three acclaimed Newsreel Films on the 
Black Panther Party: Off the Pig; Mayday; and Repression.

Formed in 1967, the Newsreel film collective was 
dedicated to chronicling and analyzing current 
events. In their time, they produced more than 
three dozen films throughout the US and abroad. 
By working directly with the Black Panthers, 
Newsreel was able to explore realities often 
ignored by traditional media outlets, while 
producing documents that the Panthers and other 
activists could use in organizing their own 
communities. The results speak for themselves and 
stand as true testimonials to the spirit of 
community self-defense and political savvy the 
Panthers are celebrated—and were targetedd—for.

Accompanying the Newsreel films is a massive 
quantity of rare and exclusive materials culled 
from Roz Payne's extensive collection of FBI 
documents, correspondence, and interviews with 
Black Panthers and their supporters. It's all 
here, the government-sponsored repression, the 
trials, exile, triumph, and reunion.

What We Want, What We Believe is not a 
straight-forward documentary—the additional 
materials are like Roz Payne's home moviesâ—but 
more like a tapestry woven from fragments of 
cloth. As a whole, these fragments present a rich 
and provocative history, straight from the mouths 
of Panthers, their supporters, and even the 
agents charged with neutralizing them.

These materials—over 12 hours—are crucial to our 
continuing ng understanding of the Black Panther 
Party and their legacy. Any student of American 
History, Black Studies, Political Science & Law, 
Film Studies, or Civil Rights struggles will find 
a wealth of valuable information in the Library.

A portion of the proceeds from this project will 
go to support Black Panther Prisoners through 
Books Behind Bars, the Jericho Movement, and the 
Human Rights Research Fund. We urge you to seek 
out these groups and donate time and resources to their ongoing work.

This 12-hour DVD features three films on the 
Black Panther Party and additional footage on their history and legacy.
Special bonus features: Documents from the Roz 
Payne Archives chronicling the movement and 
repression against it. English Language, Region Free
Disc One:
Three Newsreel Films, Interviews with Field 
Marshall Donald Cox, Footage from 35th Anniversary Reunion
Disc Two:
s with Former FBI Agents discussing COINTELPRO 
tactics, Footage from the Wheelock Academic Conference on the BPP
Disc Three:
Interviews with various movement lawyers discussing Panther cases
Disc Four:
Interviews with Newsreel members, DVD-Rom extras from the Roz Payne Archives





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