Overview
Black Panthers (1968) + Uptight (1968) Learning Beyond the Classics
Black Panthers (1968)
Another documentarian of the 1960s still working today to much critical acclaim with her recent Faces Places, Agnès Varda became known for her documentaries that incorporate much more experimentation and style than, say, Frederick Wiseman of High School. In this documentary short, Varda profiles the activities of the Black Panther Party as its members fight for the freedom of imprisoned co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Uptight (1968)
Based on John Ford’s 1935 film The Informer, director Jules Dassin swaps out Ireland in Ford’s classic for Cleveland, Ohio, in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. While protests rage in the streets, black men organize around a revolutionary to plot violent civil disobedience. Allegiances to the cause and to friends are tested as various plans to break free from Cleveland are simultaneously enacted.
Another documentarian of the 1960s still working today to much critical acclaim with her recent Faces Places, Agnès Varda became known for her documentaries that incorporate much more experimentation and style than, say, Frederick Wiseman of High School. In this documentary short, Varda profiles the activities of the Black Panther Party as its members fight for the freedom of imprisoned co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Uptight (1968)
Based on John Ford’s 1935 film The Informer, director Jules Dassin swaps out Ireland in Ford’s classic for Cleveland, Ohio, in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. While protests rage in the streets, black men organize around a revolutionary to plot violent civil disobedience. Allegiances to the cause and to friends are tested as various plans to break free from Cleveland are simultaneously enacted.
