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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) Poster

(2015)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Stanley Nelson

Writing Credits  

Stanley Nelson ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Blair Anderson ... Self - Black Panther Party
Omar Barbour Omar Barbour ... Self - Black Panther Party
Julian Bond ... Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
Elaine Brown ... Self - Black Panther Party
Scot Brown Scot Brown ... Self - Historian
William Calhoun ... Self - Black Panther Party
Clayborne Carson ... Self - Historian
Eldridge Cleaver ... Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Kathleen Cleaver ... Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Dennis Cunningham Dennis Cunningham ... Self - Attorney
Emory Douglas ... Self - Black Panther Party
Flores Forbes ... Self - Black Panther Party
Sherwin Forte ... Self - Black Panther Party
Ronald Freeman ... Self - Black Panther Party
Roland Freeman ... Self - Black Panther Party
Beverly Gage ... Self - Historian
Ray Gaul ... Self - Oakland Police Department
Mike Gray ... Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeff Haas ... Self - Attorney
Fred Hampton ... Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Edward Hanrahan ... Self - State's Attorney (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan)
Elbert Howard ... Self - Black Panther Party (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard)
Ericka Huggins ... Self - Black Panther Party
Phyllis Jackson ... Self - Black Panther Party
Deborah Johnson ... Self - Black Panther Party (as Akua Njeri [Deborah Johnson])
Jamal Joseph ... Self - Black Panther Party
Mike Klonsky Mike Klonsky ... Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS]
Mark Kurlansky ... Self - Writer
Bob Lee ... Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
David Lemieux ... Self - Black Panther Party
Tarika Lewis ... Self - Black Panther Party
Felipe Luciano ... Self - Young Lords
Ron McCarthy ... Self - Los Angeles Police Department
Michael McCarty ... Self - Black Panther Party
Steve McCutchen Steve McCutchen ... Self - Black Panther Party
Pat McKinley ... Self - Los Angeles Police Department
Mohammed Mubarak ... Self - Black Panther Party
Donna Murch ... Self - Historian
Huey P. Newton ... Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) (as Huey Newton)
William O'Neal ... Self - FBI Informant (archive footage)
Jeffrey Ogbar ... Self - Historian (as Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar)
Gil Parker ... Self - Black Panther Party
Lise Pearlman Lise Pearlman ... Self - Attorney
Wayne Pharr ... Self - Black Panther Party
Renault Robinson ... Self - Chicago Police Department
Howard Saffold ... Self - Chicago Police Department (archive footage)
Bobby Seale ... Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Bob Smitson ... Self - Los Angeles Police Department
M. Wesley Swearingen M. Wesley Swearingen ... Self - FBI Agent
Rita Williams Garcia ... Self - Writer
Landon Williams ... Self - Black Panther Party
Ora Williams ... Self - Black Panther Party
Yohuru Williams ... Self - Historian
Marvin X. Marvin X. ... Self - Writer
Gerald Lefcourt ... Self - Attorney
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angela Arnold Angela Arnold ... (voice)
Erica Ball ... (voice)
Marlon Brando ... Self (archive footage)
William F. Buckley ... Self - Firing Line (archive footage) (as William F. Buckley Jr.)
Jim Dunbar ... Self - Journalist (archive footage)
Rhon G. Flatts Rhon G. Flatts ... (voice)
Jane Fonda ... Self (archive footage)
Tom Hayden ... Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS]
J. Edgar Hoover ... Self (archive footage)
Eric Lockley ... (voice)
Nola Nelson Nola Nelson ... (voice)
Richard Nixon ... Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan ... Self (archive footage) (as Governor Ronald Reagan)
Stu Richel ... J. Edgar Hoover (voice)
Jason Torres Jason Torres ... (voice)
Trudy Williams Trudy Williams ... (voice)
The Chi-Lites The Chi-Lites ... Themselves (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Douglas ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Lennon ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yoko Ono ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Sam Aleshinloye ... assistant producer
Sally Jo Fifer ... executive producer: ITVS
Laurens Grant ... producer
Rebecca Kent ... associate producer
Nicole London ... associate producer
Stanley Nelson ... producer

Editing by 

Aljernon Tunsil

Production Management 

Jennifer Crystal Chien ... production manager

Sound Department 

Brian Bracken ... sound editor
Lauretta Molitor ... sound recordist
Benny Mouthon ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor

Animation Department 

Molly Schwartz ... animator
Garry Waller ... animator

Editorial Department 

Sam Aleshinloye ... researcher
Lewis Erskine ... additional editor
Rebecca Sherwood ... associate editor
Don Wyllie ... colorist

Music Department 

Peter Miller ... music supervisor

Additional Crew 

Bruno Barbey ... archival materials courtesy of: stills - Magnum Photos
Ruth-Marion Baruch ... archival materials courtesy of: stills ©MCF
Howard L. Bingham ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Jeffrey Blankfort ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Nacio Jan Brown ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Kathleen Cleaver ... consultant
Emory Douglas ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Jonathan Eubanks ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Benjamin Frankenberg ... production assistant
Kenneth Green Sr. ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Howard Harawitz ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Elbert Howard ... archival materials courtesy of: stills (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard)
Billy X. Jennings ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Charles E. Jones ... consultant
Lewanne Jones ... researcher
Pirkle Jones ... archival materials courtesy of: stills ©MCF
Mark Kitchell ... archival materials courtesy of: footage
William Klein ... archival materials courtesy of: footage
Hiroji Kubota ... archival materials courtesy of: stills - Magnum Photos
Guy Le Querrec ... archival materials courtesy of: stills - Magnum Photos
Jaime Lucero Jr. ... production assistant
Morley Markson ... archival materials courtesy of: footage
Franklin McMahon ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Tracy Nguyen-Chung ... publicist
Kenneth O'Reilly ... consultant
Bob Olender ... archival materials courtesy of: stills - Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Roz Payne ... archival materials courtesy of: footage
Ron Riesterer ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Howard Robbins ... archival materials courtesy of: stills - San Francisco Examiner Collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Verna Sadock ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Paul Sequeira ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Stephen Shames ... archival materials courtesy of: stills - Polaris Images
John Shearer ... archival materials courtesy of: stills
Leslie Strain ... transcriber
Pat Thomas ... consultant
Bill Wingell ... archival materials courtesy of: stills

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