The Black Panther Cubs: when the revolution doesn't come

The Black Panther Cubs: when the revolution doesn't come

202526 min
Documentary

They are the children of the Black Panther party – the self-styled Panther cubs. Born into the 1970s revolutionary movement for Black equality and self-determination, they have lived in the shadows of a promised land that was never attained. We join them as they continue to wrestle, 50 years later, with the dichotomy of their extraordinary childhoods: the enormous pride and love it gave them as members of the Black Panther family, and the booming loss they endured – of parents, of security, and of the hope for radical change that did not materialise. That hope lives on in the cubs, and their reflections on America’s current crisis offers burning lessons for today.

Cast: Fred Hampton Jr., Ericka Abram, Malkia Cyril

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