Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.

Dope Is Death

2020

English

7.1

♡ 1

100%

Mia Donovan Director

Mutulu Shakur as Self

The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 — a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.

Black Is Beltza

2018

English

5.9

♡ 4

franco regime (francoism)

male friendship

Fermín Muguruza Director

Emma Suárez as Laia

Unax Ugalde as Manex

Rossy de Palma as Ruth Abransom

Isaach De Bankolé as Wilson Clever

New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist in many sectors of society, the participation of two black giants has been banned.

The Murder of Fred Hampton

1971

English

7.6

♡ 3

100%

Howard Alk Director

Don Matuson as Attorney in trial re-creation

Deborah Johnson as Self

Lawrence Kennon as Self - Cook County Bar Assn.

Edward Carmody as Self - State's Atty Police

Fred Hampton was the leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. This film depicts his brutal murder by the Chicago police and its subsequent investigation, but also documents his activities in organizing the Chapter, his public speeches, and the programs he founded for children during the last eighteen months of his life.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011

English

7.6

♡ 7

92%

Göran Olsson Director

Malcolm X as Self

Ahmir-Khalib Thompson as Self

Melvin Van Peebles as Self

Huey P. Newton as Self

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in US society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States during that period and includes the appearances of Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the movement.

Panther

1995

English

6.4

♡ 6

27%

76%

black panther party

Drama

Mario Van Peebles Director

Courtney B. Vance as Bobby Seale

Joe Don Baker as Brimmer

Kadeem Hardison as Judge

Bobby Brown as Rose

Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

2015

English

7.4

♡ 14

92%

Stanley Nelson Director

John Lennon as Self

Mike Douglas as Self

Huey P. Newton as Self - Black Panther Party

Scot Brown as Self - Historian

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.

Night Catches Us

2010

English

6.2

♡ 3

79%

philadelphia, pennsylvania

Romance

woman director

Tanya Hamilton Director

Tariq Trotter as Bostic Washington

Wendell Pierce as David Gordon

Anthony Mackie as Marcus Washington

Kerry Washington as Patricia Wilson

After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.

BlacKkKlansman

2018

English

7.5

♡ 201

96%

83%

1970s

Action

based on a true story

based on novel or book

Spike Lee Director

Ashlie Atkinson as Connie Kendrickson

Topher Grace as David Duke

Alec Baldwin as Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard

Brian Tarantina as Officer Clay Mulaney

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

The Trial of the Chicago 7

2020

English

7.7

♡ 92

89%

90%

Action

based on a true story

Aaron Sorkin Director

Wayne Duvall as Det. Paul DeLuca

John Doman as John Mitchell

Michael Keaton as Ramsey Clark

Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

English

7.4

♡ 123

96%

95%

assassination

based on a true story

Shaka King Director

Caleb Eberhardt as Bob Lee

Martin Sheen as J. Edgar Hoover

Dominique Thorne as Judy Harmon

Jesse Plemons as Roy Mitchell

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

Hi, Mom!

1970

English

6.1

♡ 13

77%

Brian De Palma Director

Eugene Elman as 'Be Black Baby' Audience

Allen Garfield as Joe Banner

Robert De Niro as Jon Rubin

Peter Maloney as Pharmacist

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical 'Black Power' group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism.

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Hi, Mom!