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. 

Saturday, October 8th at 4:00PM

Teach Our Children & Remembering Our Political Prisoners

Co-presented by Third World Newsreel

Teach our Children

Christine Choy & Susan Robeson, 1972, 35 min.

This film focuses on the historic 1971 Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York. It targets the conditions that caused prisoners to take drastic steps toward securing their basic rights. The film questions the reactions of prison warden Oswald, New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and President Nixon, as well as the death of 31 inmates and prison guards from bullets fired by the National Guard. Through on-site footage taken during and following the rebellion, and follow-up interviews with inmates, this film relates a powerful message concerning prisoner's rights and provides an important historical document. A Third World Newsreel production.

Teach Our Children  was preserved thanks to the efforts of UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, MIAP alumna Pamela Jean Smith and Cinemalab. This preserved version is now available for public screening and educational purchases on DVD and BluRay formats.

"Technique for us is secondary. The people themselves have a rich life experience, a knowledge of history and their culture and community organization. And these people are far more qualified to make films than people who have learned their skills in a school."                – Christine Choy

Followed by:

Remembering Our Political Prisoners

360 Collective, 45 min.