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Panther is a 1995 cinematic adaptation of Melvin Van Peebles's novel Panther, produced and directed by Mario Van Peebles. [3] The drama film portrays the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, tracing the organization from its founding through its decline in a compressed timeframe. It was the first narrative feature film to depict the Black ...
Ashton Sanders as Jimmy Palmer, a Black Panther member; Algee Smith as Jake Winters, a Black Panther member; Darrell Britt-Gibson as Bobby Rush, co-founder of the Black Panther Party chapter in Chicago; Lil Rel Howery as Wayne, an undercover FBI agent; Dominique Thorne as Judy Harmon, a Black Panther member; Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover ...
"Freedom (Theme from Panther)" is the theme song from the 1995 film Panther, released as a single in April 1995 via Mercury Records, which also appears on the film's soundtrack. More than sixty African-American female musicians from pop, R&B, and hip-hop groups and artists make up the chorus.
Director Stanley Nelson said of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panthers were founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 and upon their founding had a relatively simple goal — stop police brutality.
William O'Neal (April 9, 1949 – January 15, 1990) was an American FBI informant in Chicago, Illinois, where he infiltrated the local Black Panther Party (BPP). He is known for being the catalyst for the 1969 police/FBI assassination of Fred Hampton, head of the Illinois BPP.
Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton (played by Moonlight’s André Holland) is a wanted man in the upcoming caper The Big Cigar, premiering with the first two episodes Friday, May 17 on ...
Pages in category "Films about the Black Panther Party" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The film became required viewing for members of the Black Panther Party. [ 32 ] A few months after the publication of Newton's article, historian Lerone Bennett Jr. responded with an essay on the film in Ebony , titled "The Emancipation Orgasm: Sweetback in Wonderland," in which he discussed the film's "black aesthetic".