Presented by the New York Black Panther Party Commemoration Committee

The theme of the 14th Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival is: “Remembering Our Political Prisoners.”

Films are available for a suggested donation of $15 for general admission. Proceeds go directly to supporting the Black Panther Party Commemoration committee. Additional donations can be made  for commissary for BPP Political Prisoners and aid to their families when needed. 

Friday, October 7th at 7:00PM

Minds Lost in Solitary Confinement & Cruel and Unusual

The Box: Minds Lost in Solitary Confinement

James Burns and Shal Ngo, 2022, 16 min.

A documentary—from the directors James Burns, who was previously incarcerated, and Shal Ngo—follows three former inmates as they revisit their traumatic time in solitary confinement.

Read more about this film here

Followed by:

Cruel and Unusual

Vadim Jean, 2017, 102 min.

Cruel and Unusual is the story of three men who have spent longer in solitary confinement than any other prisoners in the US because of the murder of a prison guard in 1972 at Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary. Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were convicted by bribed and blind eye witnesses and with no physical evidence. Targeted as members of the Black Panther party the film follows their struggle against the miscarriage of justice and their cruel and unusual treatment. Their story culminated in 2016 with the release of Albert Woodfox after 43 years in solitary confinement.