BLACK PANTHERS -1968, 31mins.
Agnès Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers cofounder Huey P. Newton. In addition to evincing Varda’s fascination with her adopted surroundings and her empathy, this perceptive short is also a powerful political statement.
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 -2011, 80mins.
A treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television.
Part of the season: Uprising! Spirit of ’68
Uprising is a UK-wide programme of screenings and events taking place from June-October 2018 exploring the cinema and the legacy of 1968, joining the dots between that period and our own turbulent times.
