First West Coast Black Panther Party Film Festival
To be be held at the Forum on Laney College campus
Friday, October 18, 2002
7:00pm - "Survival Pending Revolution" - 30 minutes
A newly released video by Berkeley High School
10th graders examining the history of the Black Panther
Party and questioning why this isn't taught in school
7:40pm - "Sooner or Later, Someone is Gonna Fight Back" - 15 minutes
A documentary examining the development of the New
Orleans Chapter of the Black Panther Party with
interviews of BPP members and actual police footage of
the police raids on the office, including the mobilization
of the community to stop the second raid
8:00pm - "Comrade Sister" by Phyllis Jackson - 58 minutes
Interviews with Black Panther Party women about how
they became involved, their experiences and roles in the BPP
9:15pm - "American Exile" - 30 minutes
A documentary about Pete and Charlotte O'Neal,
members of the Kansas City BPP chapter who have
been in exile in Tanzania for 30 years and have continued
to work for the betterment of their village in Africa
narrated by Alfre Woodard
9:45pm - Closing comments and questions
Saturday, October 19th, 2002
11:00am - "King is Free" - 15 minutes
The release of Robert King Wilkerson of the Angola 3
after 28 years in Angola Prison - A People's Victory!
11:20am - "Call Me Nuh" - 15 minutes
A statement from Albert Nuh Washington, former BPP
member and political prisoner, who recently died in
prison in New York
11:45am - "Off the Pig" 15 minutes
1968 documentary, one of the first films about the Panthers,
including interviews with Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and
Eldridge Cleaver
12:00pm - "Streetfighter in the Courtroom" - 58 minutes
A documentary about Charles R. Garry, the lead attorney
for the Black Panther Party, exploring many important
political trials of the 60's and 70's; including the famous
Huey P. Newton trial, Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins in
New Haven, Los Siete de La Raza in San Francisco, and the
Oakland 7 Draft Resisters
1:15pm - "Framing the Panthers" - 30 minutes
A look at the case of Dhoruba Bin Wahad and the
New York 21, especially the role of the FBI's COINTELPRO
(Counterintelligence program) in trying to destroy the
Black Panther Party
2:00pm - "The Murder of Fred Hampton" - 90 minutes
A documentary about the FBI's murder of Fred Hampton,
the dynamic leader of the Chicago Black Panther Party and
organizer of the original Rainbow Coalition; including a
look at the police conspiracy to cover up the murder and
the subsequent repercussions on the city government
3:40pm - "Power to the People" - 25 minutes
Interviews with prominent political and community leaders
in Chicago about the impact of the murder of Fred Hampton
on the City of Chicago
4:15pm - "The FBI's War on Black America" - 45 minutes
A documentary about COINTELPRO including the FBI
conspiracy against Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
SNCC and the Black Panther Party
Suggested Donation - $10 per day
Program sponsored by: It's About Time
Videos from the It's About Time Archives
It's About Time in a non-profit organization of BPP alumni dedicating
to preserving the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party
Tax-deductible donations can be made to:
It's About Time, PO Box 221100, Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 455-0908.
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