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.
14 May 1973, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
30 March 1929, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA
9 January 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 August 1958, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1971, Sacramento, California, 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.
