Panther [Blu-ray]

Director: Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles

Overview

This controversial political drama semi-fictionalizes the history of the radical Black Panther Party, an African-American organization that polarized America from 1966-70. Huey Newton (Marcus Chong) and Bobby Seale (Courtney B. Vance) are a pair of Oakland, California, men who form a new political party dedicated to protecting Blacks from bigoted cops through violent means. Their "Black Panther Party for Self-Protection" serves free lunch to kids, educates the community in African-American awareness, gets drug dealers off the streets, and has gun battles with the Oakland police. Two members of the Panther Party are Tyrone (Bokeem Woodbine) and Judge (Kadeem Hardison). When FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (Richard Dysart) suspects that the Black Panthers' leftist leanings are an indication of communist involvement, Judge, an affable Vietnam vet, agrees to become a double agent, reporting to both the Feds and the Panthers. After the Panthers storm the State Assembly in Sacramento, political paranoia grows, and Hoover conspires with the mafia to flood urban streets with cheap heroin, thus destroying the party. Director Mario Van Peebles, who also appears in the role of Stokely Carmichael, worked from a script written by his father, Melvin Van Peebles, based on his book about his real-life experiences with the Black Panthers.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/22/2022
UPC:	0760137855385
Original Release:	1995
Source:	Mvd Marquee Collect
Language:	English
Time:	2:04:00
Sales rank:	18,304

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kadeem Hardison	Judge
Bokeem Woodbine	Tyrone
Courtney B. Vance	Bobby Seale
Joe Don Baker	Brimmer,Himself
Tyrin Turner	Cy
Marcus Chong	Huey Newton
Anthony Griffith	Eldridge Cleaver
Bobby Brown	Rose
James Russo	Rodgers
Nefertiti	Alma
Jenifer Lewis	Rita
Chris Rock	Drinker No. 1
Roger Guenveur Smith	Pruitt,Himself
Michael Wincott	Tynan
Richard Dysart	Hoover
M. Emmet Walsh	Dorsett,Bernadette,Bernadette
Wesley Jonathan	Little Bobby
Kahlil Nelson	Boy on Bike
Anthony Johnson	Sabu
Kool Moe Dee	Jamal
Lahmard Tate	Gene McKinney
William Fuller	Sergeant Schreck
David Greenlee	Patrolman
Melvin Van Peebles	Cynical Jail Bird,Stokely Carmichael
Adam Powers	White Hippie
Sharrif Simmons	Poet
Emory Douglas	Bret Schaefer
Aklam	Bakar
Mark Curry	Lombard
Preston Holmes	Prison Guard,Prison Guard
Rob Rule	Berkley Campus Singer
Eddie Anisko	Berkeley Campus Singer
Robbie Allen	Berkeley Campus Singer
Dave King	Berkeley Campus Singer
Dario Scardapane	Student
Reginald Ballard	Brother at Meeting
Ralph Ahn	Mr. Yang
James Bigwood	Grove Street Cop
Martin Bright	Grove Street Cop
John 'Doo Doo Brown' Gordon	Recruit
Marvin Young	Recruit
D-Knowledge	Recruit
Mark Buntzman	Pushy Reporter
Robert Peters	Cop at Ramparts
Shanice Wilson	Singer at Punk Panthers
Jeffrey Carr	Denzil Dowell
Ann Weldon	Mrs. Dowell
Steven Carl White	George
Brian Turk	Deputy
Charles Cooper	Sheriff
Dwayne P. Wiggins	Himself
Timothy G. Riley	Himself
Vincent Lars	Himself
Bill Ortiz	Himself
Jay Koch	Governor Reagan
Tim Loughrin	Reporter at Capitol
Tony Beard	Guard at Capitol
Jerry Rubin	Defense Attorney
Beau Windham	Hoover's Aide
Jamie Zozzaro	Girl Buying Drugs
Yolanda Whitaker	Pregnant Junkie
Roberto L. Santanta	Matty
Arthur Reed	Blind Man
Gunnar Peterson	Cop at Gas Station
Christopher Michaels	Reporter at Police Station
John Harwood	Cop at Line Up
James LeGros	Avakian
John Knight	Cop at Panther Office
Joseph Culp	Baby-Faced Cop,Charles Garry
Erik Kohner	Nervous Cop
Chris Tucker	Bodyguard
John Snyder	Cop
Tracey Costello	Kathleen Cleaver
Jeris Lee Poindexter	Black Cop
Steve Gagnon	Prosecutor
Brent Sincock	Judge
Manny Perry	Shorty
James A. Earley	Angry Cop
William Brennan	Partner
Dick Gregory	Reverend Slocum
Angela Bassett	Actor

Technical Credits

Mario Van Peebles	Director,Producer,Producer
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer
Eric Fellner	Executive Producer
Beverly Hardigan	Special Effects
Preston Holmes	Producer
Bob Minor	Stunts
Robi Reed-Humes	Casting