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Public Enemy - Reflections of the Black Panthers
Date: 1/1/1999Call Number: CD 669Format: DVDProducers: Jens MeurerCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Four former members of the Black Panther Party discuss revolutionaries after the revolution. Focuses on the personal lives, past and present. Former political prisoner and current playwright Jamal Joseph; musician and record producer, Nile Rodgers (Chic, Sister Sledge); law professor and lecturer Kathleen Cleaver; and the last surviving founding member, Bobby Seale.
What were the Party's long-term effects on African Americans and their status in society? How did the Black Panther Party impact popular culture? How did these leaders' involvement personally affect them - their hopes, their dreams? And after tumultuous years of being viewed by the FBI as "the greatest internal threat to the nation," how does America perceive them today?
Interlaces archival protest footage with recent interviews.
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