- Directed by
- Varda, Agnès, French, 1928 - 2019
- Subject of
- Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Carmichael, Stokely, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998
- Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998
- Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945
- Dellums, Ron, American, born 1935
- Forman, James, American, 1928 - 2005
- Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989
- Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936
- Al-Amin, Jamil Abdullah, American, born 1943
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- polyester film
- Dimensions
- Duration: 28 Minutes
- Length (Film): 1000 Feet
- Caption
- This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
- Description
- A documentary short with the title Black Panthers. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
- The documentary focuses on protests in Oakland, California following the arrest of Black Panther co-founder Huey Newton. There is also brief footage of the location where Bobby Hutton was killed.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed
- Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Black Power (Black Pride)
- Topic
- Activism
- Black power
- Documentary films
- Film
- Justice
- Police brutality
- Political organizations
- Prisons
- Race relations
- Resistance
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.58.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




