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DESCRIPTION:Black Panther Film Festival \nSunday October 1st, 2006\n2:00pm - 7:00pm\n$5 
 (each screening)\n@ The Parkway Theater\n1834 Park Blvd., Oakland 
 CA\nhttp://www.itsabouttimebpp.com\n\nAFRICAN DIASPORA CINEMA\n\nAfrican 
 Diaspora Cinema  - Celebrating Afro-centric and ethnic cultures in World 
 Cinema one Sunday a month at The Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland, 
 CA, presented by Taylor Fischer.\n$5 admission all ages – Post screening 
 discussions at each show.\nFilms presented on big screen VHS or 
 DVD\n\nAfrican Diaspora Film Society Mission is to:\nl. Provide the 
 opportunity for people to better understand and know each other using films 
 made by African/African Diaspora filmmakers and films made about the 
 African/African Diaspora as the vehicle;\n\n2. Support African/African 
 Diaspora filmmakers to help assure their integrity;\n\n3. Build a 
 sustainable relationship between people and African/African Diaspora 
 filmmakers;\n\n4. Develop a web of venues where films made by independent 
 African American, African and African Diaspora filmmakers can be viewed and 
 discussed on a continuous schedule; and\n\n5. Entertain\n\n\nBLACK PANTHER 
 PARTY FILM FESTIVAL\nSunday, October 1st, 2pm and 5pm\n$5 separate 
 admission each program\n\n2-4pm:\n\n“A Panther in Africa” running time 
 86 minutes, a film by Aaron Matthews, DVD\n\nThis movie tells the story of 
 Pete and Charlotte O’Neal, former Black Panthers from Kansas City who 
 have been in exile since 1970 and have built a school and community center 
 in their village.  They have continued to carry on the principles of the 
 Black Panther Party all these years and provide a viable resource for the 
 people in their village.\n\n\nAlso included: an 8 minute work in progress 
 on Richard Aoki by Ben Wong, DVD.  Richard Aoki, a Japanese American member 
 of the Black Panther Party, talks about his experience, especially the 
 early days and his relationship to Huey Newton, Bobby Seale and the early 
 development of the BPP.\n\nAnd:  “Sooner or Later, Someone’s Gonna 
 Fight Back”, running time 17 minutes, by Bryce White, VHS format.  This 
 is a work in progress and is the story of the Louisiana Chapter of the 
 Black Panther Party in New Orleans.  It contains interviews and actual 
 historical footage.\n\n5-7pm:\n\n“Streetfighter in the Courtroom”, VHS, 
 running time 58 minutes.  This is a documentary about Charles Garry, 
 renowned attorney for the Black Panther Party and other high profile, 
 progressive cases.  Charles Garry represented Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale 
 and Ericka Huggins in New Haven, and Eldridge Cleaver among 
 others.\n\n“Oakland Community School” DVD, 1977, running time 30 
 minutes.  This film is about the Black Panther Party’s Oakland Community 
 School and other Survival Programs, such as the Free Clinic and the Senior 
 SAFE Escort program.  This film is narrated by Kellita Smith when she was 8 
 years old.  She is now the actress who plays Bernie Mac’s wife on his 
 show and she attended the school.\n\nAlso: a 20 minute trailer of a soon to 
 be released documentary on the Angola 3 – “3 Black Panthers & the Last 
 Slave Plantation” narrated by Mumia Abu Jamal, DVD\n\n$5 separate 
 admission each program\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/19/18312551.php
SUMMARY:Black Panther Party Film Festival
LOCATION:Sunday October 1st, 2006\n2:00pm - 7:00pm\n$5 (each screening)\n@ The 
 Parkway Theater\n1834 Park Blvd., Oakland CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/19/18312551.php
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