fred hampton black panther film festival

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Fred Hampton Black Panther Film Festival in Chicago
Thursday - Sunday Dec 1-4, 2005
BLACK PANTHER FILM FESTIVAL
@Ice Theaters, 210 E 87th St. | 773.892.3204

http://blackworldcinema.net/

Thursday Dec ,1, 7:00 pm -
Negroes With Guns
Speaker: Traceye Matthews
NEGROES WITH GUNS combines modern-day interviews with rare archival news
footage to tell the story of Rob Williams, the forefather of the Black
Power movement and a complex man who played a pivotal role in the
struggle for respect, dignity and equality for all Americans.

Williams, dubbed the “violent crusader� by some, intended his philosophy
of armed self-defense to work in concert with non-violent resistance;
instead, he became the catalyst for what has been called a national
showdown between these two opposing philosophies of the civil rights
movement.

Friday Dec 2, 7:00 pm -
Public Enemy
Jens Meurer, France/Germany, 1999, 88 minutes
Public Enemy is an electrifying, visceral, in-depth look at the Black
Panther movement.
Utilizing fascinating archival footage of rallies, confrontations with
authority and behind-the-scenes moments in the movement, the film
focuses on the members who have survived. Along with Bobby Seale, we
meet law professor Kathleen Cleaver, the highest ranking female Panther
and one of the most outspoken members; Jamal Joseph, who spent nine
years in prison for Panther activities and is currently active as a poet
and playwright; and in perhaps the most surprising twist, Nile Rodgers,
former Panther who went on to found the 80's rock group Chic and create
a successful songwriting/performing career. Four incredibly vibrant,
talented, passionate people whose political force has carried on into
their lives, and who still feel the power and exhilaration of the early
days of a unique socio-political revolution that changed both the
societal image and the self-image of all African-Americans.


Saturday Dec 3, 5:00 pm -
Lumumba
Directed by Raoul Peck
Speaker: Prexy Nesbitt
France/Belgian/Haiti/Germany 2001, 115 min
Speaker:

Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X
and JFK, Raoul Peck’s award-winning epic dramatizes the rise and fall of
legendary African leader Patrice Lumumba. When the Congo declared its
independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old Lumumba became the
first Prime Minister of the newly independent state but would last just
months in office before being brutally assassinated.

Sunday December 4, 5:00 pm -
The Murder of Fred Hampton
Directed by Howard Alk
USA, 1970, 88 minutes
Speaker: Bill Hampton, brother of Fred Hampton, Sr. and Exec Director,
Fred Hampton Scholarship Fund
"To members of Chicago's African American community in the late 1960s,
no leader was more inspiring, more articulate, or more effective than
Fred Hampton. He organized food pantries, educational programs, and
recreational outlets for impoverished children, and he helped bring
about a peaceful coexistence among the city's rival street gangs. To
civic leaders in Chicago, the FBI, and many others, however, he was a
dangerous revolutionary leader, committed to the violent overthrow of
the white-dominated system. Hampton was killed in a 1969 raid on the
headquarters of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther party, in what
was almost certainly a planned assassination orchestrated by Federal
agents and city leaders, who feared that Hampton's influence could lead
to an all-out armed uprising by the city's most disenfranchised
residents." (Black Commentator)