The 5th Annual Black Panther Film Festival
/Saturday, September 28th, 4:00pm
Justifiable Homicide
Jon Osman and Jonathan Stack, 2002, 85 min.
On Jan. 12, 1995, two young Puerto Rican residents of the Bronx, Anthony Rosario and Hilton Vega, were shot to death by detectives of the New York Police Department. The officers said they were acting in self-defense, firing on two men in the act of committing an armed robbery. A grand jury believed them, and no charges were brought against them. The makers of Justifiable Homicide suggest that the subsequent firings of the director of the review board and the investigators assigned to the Rosario-Vega case were a result of the Giuliani administration's desire to make the case go away. Justifiable Homicide is an exploration of the killings and their aftermath.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpy8v9XfgoQ
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/463687
Post-screening panel discussion.
Saturday, September 28th, 7:00pm
The FBI's War on Black America
Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, 1991, 47 min.
The FBI's War on Black America offers a thought provoking look at a government-sanctioned conspiracy, the FBI's counter intelligence program known as Cointelpro. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and Martin Luther King Jr. The film reflects the rigorous research which went into its making, and portrays the nation's unrest during the period it recounts.
Post-screening panel discussion with original members of the Black Panther Party.
BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/463689
Invited Director Melvin Van Peebles
Featured Speakers: Directors Margarita Rosario, Stephen Vittoria, Ojore Lutalo & Joanne L. Hershifield. Attorneys Jill Soffiyah Elijah & Joan Gibbs. Panthers Bullwhip, Cleo Silvers, Pam Hanna, Cisco Torres, Shaba-Om, & Jamal Josephs. Also King Downing, Shaka Shakur and Bonnie Kerness
Produced by the Black Panther Commemoration Committee, in conjunction with Maysles Cinema.
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