Join MoAD for the San Francisco Premiere of Stanley Nelson's documentary THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION at Landmark Theatre's Opera Plaza Cinema

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Stanley Nelson and former Black Panther Party Minister of Culture Emory Douglas, moderated by Hodari Davis, National Program Director of Youth Speaks.

Change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored—cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple) goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it.

Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Elaine Brown, Emory Douglas, Jamal Joseph, and many others, it’s an essential history and a vibrant chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.‍

This screening and discussion will be held at Landmark Theatre's Opera Plaza Cinema, located at 601 Van Ness Avenue, SF. Check theatre website for additional screenings and discussions.

‍Learn more about the film and additional Bay Area screenings here