Fred Hampton was the leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. This film depicts his brutal murder by the Chicago police and its subsequent investigation, but also documents his activities in organizing the Chapter, his public speeches, and the programs he founded for children...
“AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2” includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot, a critique of events by working class African-Americans in Chicago, and attempts by the Black Panther Party to organize poor, southern white youths.
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 5 - Police Power and Freedom of Assembly: The Gregory March
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Police Power and Freedom of Assembly: The Gregory March, documents the protests on Thursday, August 29th at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Comedian/activist Dick Gregory is arrested as he attempts to lead a march to break the police cordon around the Chicago Loop. This film is...
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 6 - Black Moderates and Black Militants
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Black Moderates and Black Militants documents an unrehearsed conversation between three members of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party, including future congressman Bobby Rush, and the principal of an African American high school. The two groups respectfully debate the varied strategies...
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 7 - Cicero March
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For a generation of young activists, the reality of war, imperialism, racism and the growing fragility of democratic liberalism was too much to handle. Force became a means to wrestle with this tension. As the discourse of a “country torn” finds its way into mainstream political analyses (for...
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 1 - The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference
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The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference, records a pre-convention press conference of the National Committee to End in the War in Vietnam. David Dellinger and Rennie Davis recount their difficulties in dealing with the City of Chicago to plan their protests against the 1968 Democratic Convention.
A documentary on the disco phenomenon using cinema verité techniques. Explores a disco dance class, disco clothing, the disco record industry, and the lives of four people as they prepare for a night at a disco.
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 3 - Law and Order vs. Dissent
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Law and Order vs. Dissent intercuts footage of the police response to the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic Convention with press conferences by Mayor Richard J. Daley and a spokesman for the Chicago Police Department in which they place the blame for the violence on the student protesters.
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 4 - The People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters
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The People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters interviews photojournalist Paul Sequeira on his experience covering the 1968 Convention and the police attempts to physically restrict reporters’ access.
The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Module 2 - Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave.
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Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave. shows the events of Wednesday, August 28 at the 1968 Democratic Convention including National Guardsmen detaining protesters, mass arrests near Grant Park, and Mayor Daley cursing at opponents from the convention floor.
