Panther Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Genres: Drama
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This controversial political drama semi-fictionalizes the history of the radical Black Panther Party, an African-American organization that polarized America from 1966-70. Huey Newton (Marcus_Chong) and Bobby_Seale (Courtney_B._Vance) are a pair of Oakland, California, men who form a new political party dedicated to protecting Blacks from bigoted cops through violent means. Their "Black Panther Party for Self-Protection" serves free lunch to kids, educates the community in African-American awareness, gets drug dealers off the streets, and has gun battles with the Oakland police. Two members of the Panther Party are Tyrone (Bokeem_Woodbine) and Judge (Kadeem_Hardison). When FBI director J._Edgar_Hoover (Richard_Dysart) suspects that the Black Panthers' leftist leanings are an indication of communist involvement, Judge, an affable Vietnam vet, agrees to become a double agent, reporting to both the Feds and the Panthers. After the Panthers storm the State Assembly in Sacramento, political paranoia grows, and Hoover conspires with the mafia to flood urban streets with cheap heroin, thus destroying the party. Director Mario_Van_Peebles, who also appears in the role of Stokely_Carmichael, worked from a script written by his father, Melvin_Van_Peebles, based on his book about his real-life experiences with the Black Panthers. Karl Williams, Rovi
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