<I>Black Panthers</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Directed by
content: Agnès Varda, French, 1928 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Kathleen Cleaver Ph. D., American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Ron Dellums, American, born 1935
label: Subject of
content: James Forman, American, 1928 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, American, born 1943
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary short with the title Black Panthers. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The documentary focuses on protests in Oakland, California following the arrest of Black Panther co-founder Huey Newton. There is also brief footage of the location where Bobby Hutton was killed.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.58.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 28 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1000 Feet