DOUBLE FEATURE OF THE FILMS BLACK PANTHERS & NATIONTIME 

BLACK PANTHERS 

AGNÈS VARDA | FRANCE, USA | 1968 | 28 MIN | NR | ENGLISH 

An observational gaze into the socio-political climate of the 1960s, featuring prominent voices of the Oakland Black Panther party rallying to free incarcerated leader, Huey P. Newton.

Cast: Huey P. Newton, Kathleen Cleaver, Bill Brent

NATIONTIME 

WILLIAM GREAVES | USA | 1972 | 80 MIN | NR | ENGLISH | 4K 

The 1972 National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana is at the heart of William Greaves’ powerful documentary spotlighting political speeches and discourse from Black American activists mobilizing for change at the height of an urgent political period in American history.

Cast: Amiri Baraka, Coretta Scott King, Bobby Seale, Richard Roundtree

Part of the Philadelphia Film Society’s The American Vanguard series.

Innovative, important, and independent visions from Black filmmakers of the 20th century.

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