Eldridge Cleaver The Black Panther

In this documentary feature, Black Panther activist Eldridge Cleaver and his wife are interviewed by William Klein. Cleaver speaks from exile in Algeria, a move prompted by the state of California’s decision to view criminal indictment as a parole violation.The articulate Eldridge talks openly about revolution in the United States and lists his arch rival political enemies.The names of Nixon,Agnew, McClelland are verbally sullied along with those of Ronald Reagan and Richard Daley. All are considered as bullet fodder for a number of revolutionary groups throughout the United States. Cleaver was not convicted of a crime, but the California decision forced him into exile.

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Script: William Klein

Cinematography: William Klein

Production: O.N.C.I.C. (Algeria)

Format: Beta SP Color

Production Country: Algeria - France

Production Year: 1969

Duration: 75

William Klein

Filmography

1964-65 Cassius the Great
1966 Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (fiction)
1970 Eldridge Cleaver Black Panther
1974 Muhammad Ali the Greatest
1978 Maydays
1980 The Little Richard Story
1981 The French
1985 Mode in France
1991 Babilee ’91
1993 In and Out of Fashion
1999 The Messiah