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1996 American film
All Power to the People
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Directed by Lee Lew-Lee Produced by Lee Lew-Lee Cinematography Lee Lew-Lee Edited by Ruby L.B. Yang Production companies
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All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party and Beyond is a 1996
documentary directed by Lee Lew-Lee. The film chronicles the history of the
Black Panther Party , leadership, and members. The film also briefly chronicles the history of the
American Indian Movement and
Black Liberation Army . The film covers assassinations and methods used to divide, destroy, and imprison key figures within the party. It is composed primarily of archival footage and interviews of former organization members and government agents.
[1] The documentary was broadcast in 24 countries on 12 networks in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia between 1997 and 2000.
Interviewees
Members of Black Power organizations
Mumia Abu-Jamal - member of the
Black Panther Party , 1969–1971
Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968–1971
Sofiya Alston Bukhari - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969–1971 and
Black Liberation Army , 1972–1974
Kathleen Cleaver - central committee member of the Black Panther Party, 1967–1971
Emory Douglas - central committee member of the Black Panther Party, 1967–1972
George Edwards - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969–1974
Herman Ferguson - member of
Republic of New Afrika
Ronald Freeman - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968–1971
Ali Bey Hassan - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968–1971 and Black Liberation Army, 1971–1973
Kim Holder - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969–1971
Mark Holder - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969–1971 and Black Liberation Army, 1971–1972
Michael McCarty - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968–1971 and
acupuncture doctor
Thomas McCreary - member of the Black Panther Party, 1968–1971
Somaya Moore - member of the Black Panther Party, 1969–1971
Bobby Seale - co-founder and chairman of the Black Panther Party, 1966–1974
Mutulu Shakur - member of the Black Liberation Army and acupuncture doctor
Ron Wilkins - vice chairman of the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee , 1968–1969
Government agents
Others
Awards
Best Historical Documentary, National Black Programming Consortium (ITVS/PBS) 1998
Black Filmworks Award,
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1998
[1]
Best Director, Finalist, Gordon Parks Award (MTV/ IFP) 1998
[1]
Critic's Award, Southern Film Festival Memphis Black Writer's Conference 1999
[1]
Paul Robeson Award for Excellence in Independent Filmmaking, The Newark Film Festival (Mobil Oil / Newark Museum) 1997
Robert Townsend Tenacity Award, Roy W. Dean Awards, 1997
Paul Robeson Grant Award, Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, 1997
The Windy City International Documentary Festival (Columbia College, Chicago), 1997
The Grand Prize, Roy W. Dean Awards, 1995
[2]
See also
References
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d "Cleaver Shares a "Panther Perspective" ". Los Angeles Sentinel . February 14, 2001. p. B7.
^ Holmes, Emory II (March 13, 1997).
"Revisiting the Power of the People" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 6 April 2019 .
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