Bibliograph

All power to the people!, by Lee Lew Lee, Kristin Bell and Nico Panigutti

Type

Label

All power to the people!, by Lee Lew Lee, Kristin Bell and Nico Panigutti

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

For College; Adult audiences

Main title

All power to the people!

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

780751388

Responsibility statement

by Lee Lew Lee, Kristin Bell and Nico Panigutti

Runtime

Series statement

Black studies in video

Summary

Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60s civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which followed. The party struck fear in the hearts of the "establishment" which viewed it as a terrorist group. Interviews with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, CIA officer Philip Agee, and FBI agents Wes Swearingen and Bill Turner shockingly detail a "secret domestic war" of assassination, imprisonment and torture as the weapons of repression. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to the Panthers, for while it praises their early courage and moral idealism. it exposes their collapse due to megalomania, corruption, drugs, and narcissism. Broadcast in 19 countries abroad and winner of 9 awards, the film is an important look at the turmoils of the 60s and its leading players

Target audience

general

Contributor

Creator