Black Panthers

“Black is beautiful! We want to free Huey Newton!”

A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.

Director

Agnès Varda

Screenplay

Agnès Varda

Status

Released

Release date

01/12/1968

Original language

French