• American Justice on Trial - People v. Newton (Trailer)

    The Moment when the USA faced a point of political insurrection as it played out in the courts. The 1968 Black Panther Party made their case for the right to participate in society. As the Oakland Distric Attorney's office was making their case, the BPP members on the stand educated America about what the Party stood for and why.

     

    The level of interest in the case and what it meant to a large part of Oakland citizens as well as the entire country made the stakes of the trial a hotly discussed issue. Protests in the streets and the daily articles stirred the politicians to pause and weigh how the Police act as their own brutal political force.

  • Credits

    Directed by ANDREW ABRAHAMS & HERB FERRETTE

     

    Produced by LISE PEARLMAN & ANDREW ABRAHAMS

     

    Co-Producers ABBY GINZBERG & ROBERT RICHTER

     

    Executive Producers

    PETER BENVENUTTI & JONATHAN LOGAN

     

    Co-Executive Producer SANDRA EVERS-MANLY

     

    Cinematography & Editing ANDREW ABRAHAMS

     

    Music JOHN LISSAUER

     

    Sketch Art CHRISTINE CORNELL

    Graphic Design MATTHEW BALDWIN

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    Best Documentary Short, Shortlist, 95th Academy Awards

    Best Short Documentary, Pan African Film Festival

    Best Short Documentary, Yale in Hollywood Film Festival

    Best Short Documentary, Bright International Film Festival

     

    Awards

    Best Short Documentary, Universal Movie Awards

    Best Documentary, Athens International Monthly Film Festival

    Best Short Film, Ashoka International Film Festival

    Best Short Film Director, Ashoka International Film Festival

    Jury Award, Indigo Moon Film Festival

     

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    Diaspora Special Recognition Award, DjarFogo International Film Festival

    Outstanding Achievement Award, Cult Critic Movies Awards

    Best Mid-length Documentary, Nominee, San Francisco International Film Festival

    Best Short Documentary, Nominee, Swedish International Film Festival

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