Mayday!
- Single Spark Film |
- 1969 |
- 15 minutes |
- B&W |
- OPT
Rental Format(s): 16mm film
A historic rally by the then-revolutionary Black Panther Party to free their leader, Huey P. Newton. Held on May 1st. Panther leaders promote Mao's "Red Book"; Bob Avakian, who also spoke that day, expresses some foretelling views on internationalism. There is a flashback to a police raid on Panther headquarters. The crowd on the Federal Building steps indicates that the revolutionary views of the Panthers were drawing forward many people.