Black Militancy
In 1972, Guinea-Bissau revolutionary leader Amilcar Cabral delivered his last public speech in Conakry, at the funeral of the former Ghanaian president Nkrumah, Amilcar Cabral had denounced the cancer of betrayal that eats up African movements. Cabral himself would be assassinated in Guinea barely a year later, January 20, 1973.
How is the revolution portrayed on screen? How does society reckon with the past of political upheaval, unrest, and double informants? As a response to the recent success of the Academy Award nominated biopic, Judas and the Black Messiah, this film series looks at the treatment and images of the struggle of African, Irish and Black Movements and the issues of betrayal they have all experienced.
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The Final Comedown
The film is an examination of racism in the United States and depicts a shootout between a radical black nationalist group and the police, with the backstory leading up to the shootout told through flashbacks. The radical group is not identified by name in the film but closely resembles the Black...
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Uptight
Uptight (also known as Up Tight!) is a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin. It was intended as an updated version of John Ford's 1935 film The Informer, based on the book of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty, but the setting was transposed from Dublin to Cleveland. The soundtrack was...
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Black Panther Fred Hampton on Education
Hampton founded the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party in November 1968 where he immediately established a community service program. This included the provision of free breakfasts for schoolchildren and a medical clinic that did not charge patients for treatment. Hampton also taught poli...
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H. Rap Brown on Like It Is w/ Gil Noble
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) Breaks down Politics of America on Like It Is w/ Gil Noble
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (born October 4, 1943, as Hubert Gerold Brown), also known as H. Rap Brown, was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and during a short-li...
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BALDWINS NIGGER (James Baldwin and Dick Gregory)
A 1969 conversation with writer James Baldwin and Dick Gregory in London about the black experience in America and how it relates to the Caribbean and Great Britain. Directed by Horace Ové.
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Fred Hampton - October 1969
Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, was born on August 30, 1948 and raised in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois. Hampton became involved in the civil rights movement, joining his local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Co...
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The Murder of Fred Hampton
The Murder of Fred Hampton
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Movie + 2 extrasThe Cancer of Betrayal
Movie + 2 extras
In 1972, Guinea-Bissau revolutionary leader Amilcar Cabral delivered his last public speech in Conakry, at the funeral of the former Ghanaian president Nkrumah, Amilcar Cabral had denounced the cancer of betrayal that eats up African movements. Cabral himself would be assassinated in Guinea barel...
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Intruder in the Dust (1948)
Directed by Clarence Brown
Produced by Clarence Brown
Written by Ben Maddow
Starring David Brian
Claude Jarman Jr.
Juano Hernández
Music by Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography Robert Surtees
Edited by Robert Kern
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date:November 22, 1949 (United States)
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LIKE IT IS: BLACK SPY TELLS ALL
For seven years a man called Othello helped the FBI
destroy legitimate political dissent in the United States.– ERNEST VOLKMAN / Penthouse 1 apr 1980
In 1975, Darthard Perry, a former FBI agent, went on record and explained the lengths that the government goes to examine and study Africa...
