[pr-x] Left Film Night - Sat., July 18, 8:45 pm - The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

[Kimball Cariou]

https://www.facebook.com/events/287328465805083

Left Film Night -- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Saturday, July 18, gather around 8:45 pm, film starts at dusk

Woodland Park, 705 Woodland Drive, Vancouver (one block east of the 
Centre for Socialist Education)

Join the Communist Party of Canada and the Young Communist League for 
the first outdoor film left film night! Bring folding chairs or 
blankets, any snacks and beverages you would like. We ask that folks be 
respectful of social distancing measures.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first 
feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its 
significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political 
awakening and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails.

Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving 
a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the diverse group of 
voices of the people who were there.

The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary socialist political 
organization founded by Marxist college students Bobby Seale and Huey 
Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. At its inception on 
October 15, 1966, the Black Panther Party's core practice was its open 
carry armed citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of officers of the 
Oakland Police Department and challenge police brutality in the city. A 
variety of community social programs became a core activity. The Party 
instituted the Free Breakfast for Children Programs to address food 
injustice, and community health clinics for education and treatment of 
diseases including sickle cell anemia, tuberculosis, and later HIV/AIDS.

This film is very timely, considering the recent uprisings in the United 
States, Canada and around the world against police brutality and 
anti-black racism. Join us for a discussion on the anti-racist movement 
and the struggle against capitalist oppression and exploitation.

This event takes place on the traditional, unceded, occupied territories 
of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and 
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. In acknowledging this, we must be in 
solidarity with the struggles of the peoples of the territory in which 
we occupy.
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