Panther
This fictionalized history chronicles the far-reaching changes effected by the radical group the Black Panthers during the late 1960s since Vietnam vet Judge returns to his hometown of Oakland to find it beset by violence and police discrimination against African-Americans.
16 August 1930, Oakland, California, USA
31 August 1971, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
23 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA
28 September 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 March 1935, Ogdensburg, New York, USA
8 August 1962
1970
25 January 1957, Kinloch, Missouri, USA
5 February 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
21 August 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 October 1931, Berlin, Germany
21 June 1944
10 May 1967, London, England, UK
14 July 1938, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
9 September 1956, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
July 14, 2003
Doesn't really shed much light on the movement.
October 06, 2006
In his fictionalized story, Van Peebles simplifies the history of the Black Panthers, doing harm to a subject that he presumably intends to honor. Panther suffers from the same narrative and stylistic problems that has plagued his earlier films.
