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'Attica': Why directors of year's most shocking documentary think it's only right we feel 'unsettled and disturbed'
"Attica" co-directors Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry talk Oscar-nominated documentary.
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Ken Tucker
'Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution' And Its Relevance
It’s been nearly 50 years since the Black Panther Party was formed in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, and filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s documentary about the group–The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, airing as part of PBS’ Independent Lens on Tuesday night–reminds us of a time in which young people’s protests against oppression both actual and perceived was more organized, militant, and political. Newton was only in his mid-20s when he co-founded the Panthers. When Newton looked at the local gun laws and saw that it was legal to carry firearms on public property as long as they were openly displayed, some Panthers took to carrying weapons, ostensibly to protect themselves and others from what they considered police harassment—this was not such great p.r., at least as far as the government and the establishment media was concerned.
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