The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Stanley Nelson2015-03-08
7
113 min
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Kathleen Cleaver | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Julian Bond | Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] | Unowned |
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Jamal Joseph | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Blair Anderson | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Omar Barbour | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Elaine Brown | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Scot Brown | Self - Historian | Unowned |
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William Calhoun | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Clayborne Carson | Self - Historian | Unowned |
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Eldridge Cleaver | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Dennis Cunningham | Self - Attorney | Unowned |
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Emory Douglas | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Flores Forbes | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Sherwin Forte | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Ronald Freeman | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Roland Freeman | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Beverly Gage | Self - Historian | Unowned |
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Ray Gaul | Self - Oakland Police Department | Unowned |
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Jeff Haas | Self - Attorney | Unowned |
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Fred Hampton | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Edward Hanrahan | Self - State's Attorney (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan) | Unowned |
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Elbert Howard | Self - Black Panther Party (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard) | Unowned |
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Ericka Huggins | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Phyllis Jackson | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Deborah Johnson | Self - Black Panther Party (as Akua Njeri [Deborah Johnson]) | Unowned |
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Mike Klonsky | Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS] | Unowned |
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Mark Kurlansky | Self - Writer | Unowned |
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Bob Lee | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) | Unowned |
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David Lemieux | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Tarika Lewis | Self - Black Panther Party | Unowned |
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Felipe Luciano | Self - Young Lords | Unowned |
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Ron McCarthy | Self - Los Angeles Police Department | Unowned |