Join the Berkeley FILM Foundation and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland for a special screening and panel discussion of AMERICAN JUSTICE ON TRIAL: PEOPLE V. NEWTON. This project won the Al Bendich Award in 2017.

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Directed by Andrew Abrahams and Herb Ferrette, this 40-min short film tells the forgotten story of one of the “trials of the century.” With startling relevance to today, Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton faced the death penalty for killing a white policeman in a pre-dawn car stop in 1967 Oakland. While Newton and his maverick attorneys boldly indicted racism in the courts and the country, and a groundbreaking jury led by a historic Black foreman deliberated Newton’s fate, the streets of Oakland and the nation were set to explode if the jury, as expected, returned a verdict of murder.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022
7:00pm
Post-screening panel discussion, Q&A
The New Parkway Theater: 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA

Panelists:

Oakland historian and podcaster LIAM O’DONOGHUE (moderator)
Producer/Creator LISE PEARLMAN
Director ANDREW ABRAHAMS
Oakland civil rights attorney JOHN BURRIS
Huey’s brother MELVIN NEWTON