Black Panthers 
Directed by Agnes Varda
1968/France
IMDb link
First viewing/Criterion Channel
[box] “You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.” — Huey Newton[/box]
This short documentary provides a window into the late 60’s when things seemed more cut and dried even amidst all the turmoil.
The movie was filmed at a “Free Huey Newton” rally held near the courthouse in Oakland, California where the Black Panther Party’s “Minister of Defense” and co-founder was being tried for killing a policeman during a shoot-out in which Newton was also shot.
Newton’s entire life was filled with violence and rage, apparently, according to this Wikipedia article. I’m sensing he might not have been a very nice guy. At any rate, the film takes a solidly pro-Black Panther and pro-Huey Newton stance. We hear from Panther stalwarts including Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael, all of whom preach armed revolution.
The film is accompanied by scripted English narration which makes it more polemical and less fluid than Varda’s other documentaries. I’m glad to have caught it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRyvtZ-YSjU
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