Thursday, October 8 at 7:00pm | $10 |
Special Advance Screening + Benefit for NAACP Portland
All of the Hollywood Theatre's box office profits from this screening will be donated to NAACP Portland.
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION (2015): The first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, and many others, THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.
The evening includes a fundraising raffle for NAACP Portland and a
post-film panel moderated by Jo Ann Hardesty (president of NAACP Portland),
featuring Kent Ford (co-founder of the original Portland Black Panther Party),
Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes (Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and
Police Reform and former Black Panther), and Adrienne Cabouet and Tessara
Gabrielle Dudley (Black Lives Matter). The
event is sponsored by InFocus, Oregon Historical Society, and Radiant Family
Dentistry.