What we Want, What we Believe: The Black Panther Party Library

Synopsis: The Newsreel film collective, formed in 1967, was dedicated to chronicling and analysing current events. By working directly with the Black Panthers, Newsreel was able to explore realities often ignored by traditional media outlets, while producing documents that the Panthers could use in organising their own communities. Accompanying these three Newsreel films is a large quantity of rare materials from Roz Payne’s extensive collection of FBI documents, correspondence, and interviews with Panthers and their supporters. The four-disc set features:
Disc One: Three Newsreel films, interviews with Field Marshall Donald Cox, footage from 35th Anniversary Reunion.
Disc Two: Interviews with Former FBI Agents, footage from the Wheelock Academic Conference on the BPP.
Disc Three: Interviews with various movement lawyers discussing Panther cases.
Disc Four: Interviews with Newsreel members, extras from the Roz Payne Archives.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 2006
Notes: Newsreel, formed in the United States in 1967, worked in decentralised film collectives in several cities, they produced films mostly shot on l6mm in black and white The films were revolutionary in spirit and commitment.
Subjects: History; Politics & government
Keywords: civil rights; documentary films; nationalism; United States of America; Black Panther Party

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