Review of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) by Finn M — 18 Feb 2016

This documentary is completely slanted in favor of the Panthers. It's particularly bizarre when they say a cop is murdered and Huey Newton is charged, then they never follow up on whether he in fact shot the cop.

Not one mention of how that played out. He is made to appear a martyr. No mention of the fact Eldridge Cleaver advocated rape, particularly of white women. This was a communist movement. They had several good programs, they presented a tough, cool view of black masculinity, and then they became criminals.

They were persecuted by the FBI, beyond reason, but that does not negate the fact that many Panthers were out and out thugs. This is a terribly inaccurate documentary. No need to fear the truth. There is good and bad in any movement.

But papering over the truth to make a political point as a publicly funded station is unconscionable.