The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Full Film

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    Expired 3/18/2016

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to shed light on the Black Panther Party — and all its reviled, adored, misunderstood, and mythologized history.

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Acclaimed director Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement as urgent today as it was then.
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Black Panther Style
The hairstyles and fashion sensibilities of the young Black Panther Party were a part of the struggle to assert black identity and agency.
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Free Breakfast Program
After reading studies on the correlation between hunger and poor schoolwork, the Panthers started a free breakfast program that served 20,000 meals a week.
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Women in the Black Panther Party
While the lasting image of the Panthers may be of males in jackets holding guns, the majority of its rank and file members were women who struggled to overcome chauvinism.
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Former Black Panther Jamal Joseph
Jamal Joseph discusses the
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Former Black Panther Ericka Huggins
Ericka Huggins shares her admiration for the women leading the Black Lives Matter movement and offers advice to the young activists of today.

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