The New Panther Vanguard Movement and the Southern California Library are cosponsoring a Black Panther Party Documentary Film Festival on Saturday, October 16 in commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the Black Panther Party?s founding. The films will be shown at the Library (6120 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles) from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free but donations requested. For more information, call (323) 296-4383 or (323) 759-6063.
The Black Panther Party was part of a powerful movement for social change in America in the 1960s and the 1970s. Formed in 1966, it was the most radical of the sixties civil rights movement organizations, militantly challenging racism. The film festival will feature the following documentary films illuminating various aspects of the Party:
1?2 p.m.: Charles Garry: Street Fighter in the Courtroom?about the life of the famous attorney who defended BPP leadership in a number of high-profile criminal cases
2?3 p.m.: Passing It On?about the legal case of Dhoruba Bin Wahad, one of the New York Panther 21
3?4 p.m.: Comrade Sister: Women of the Black Panther Party Speak Out?about the role of women in the Black Panther Party
4?5 p.m.: American Exile?about Pete O?Neal and his wife Charlotte, leaders of the Seattle, Washington Chapter of the BPP and their forced exile to Tanzania, Africa.
A brief discussion with questions and answers will follow each film showing. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Donations will be requested and appreciated. The event follows up on an exhibit cosponsored earlier this year by the New Panther Vanguard Movement, It?s About Time, and the Southern California Library. For more information, call (323) 296-4383 or (323) 259-6063 or go to www.socallib.org or www.globalpanther.com.
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