<I>Passin' It On </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Directed by
content: John J. Valadez, American
label: Produced by
content: Peter Miller
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: COINTELPRO, American, 1956 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Richard Dhoruba Moore, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Jamal Joseph, American, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Tanaquil Jones, American
label: Subject of
content: Robert Daley, American, born 1930
label: Subject of
content: Joan Gibbs, American
label: Subject of
content: Janet Cyril, American, 1945 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
label: Composed by
content: David Earle Johnson, American, 1938 - 1998
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 film with the title Passin' It On. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film tells the story of the Black Panther Party from the perspective of one of its leaders, Dhoruba Bin Wahad (born Richard Moore), shortly after he was released from a nineteen-year prison sentence that was eventually overthrown. In addition to Wahad's commentary, the film also utilizes archival newsreels.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Vermont, 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: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Spoken word (Poetry)
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: 2017.55.40.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
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: 50 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1800 Feet