Producer Laurens Grant attending.
Whether they were right or wrong, whether they were good or bad, more than 40 years after the Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California, the group, and its leadership, remain powerful and enduring figures in our popular imagination. Making its mark at the Sundance Film Festival, The Black Panthers weaves voices from varied perspectives who lived this story—police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters, and detractors, those who remained loyal to the party and those who left it.