Panther

Panther is a 1995 film produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles, from an adoption of Melvin Van Peebles novel of the same name.
==Plot==
Vietnam vet Judge (Kadeem Hardison) returns to his hometown of Oakland to find it beset by violence and police discrimination against African-Americans. Judge's friend Cy tells him about a vigilante group that's organizing against the police and introduces him to its leaders, Bobby (Courtney B. Vance) and Huey (Marcus Chong). Judge joins the movement but is soon beset by police pressure to inform against Huey.
==Cast==
*Kadeem Hardison as Judge
*Wesley Jonathan as Bobby Hutton
*Bokeem Woodbine as Tyrone
*Joe Don Baker as Brimmer
*M. Emmet Walsh as Dorsett
*Courtney B. Vance as Bobby Seale
*Tyrin Turner as Cy
*Marcus Chong as Huey P. Newton
*Lahmard Tate as Gene McKinney
*Anthony Griffith as Eldridge Cleaver
*Chris Rock as Yuck Mouth
*Mario Van Peebles as Stokely Carmichael
*Chris Tucker as Bodyguard
*Bobby Brown as Rose
*Angela Bassett as Betty Shabazz
*Jenifer Lewis as Rita
*Dick Gregory as Reverend Slocum
*James LeGros as Bob Avakian
*Kool Moe Dee as Jamaal
*Roger Guenveur Smith as Pruitt
*Richard Dysart as J. Edgar Hoover
*Michael Wincott as Tynan
*James Russo as Rodgers
*Jeris Poindexter as Black Cop
*Melvin Van Peebles as Old Jail Bird
Category:1995 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:1990s films
Category:Films
Category:American biographical films
Category:Biographical films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films based on novels
Category:African-American films
Category:Gramercy Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Mario Van Peebles