1970 | United States | Archival

New Haven Panther: Message to Goddard Alternative Media Conference

  • English - 32 mins
  • Director | Videofreex
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Skip Blumberg of the Videofreex conducts an interview with Charles “Cappy” Pinderhughes, the Lieutenant of Information of the New Haven branch of the Black Panther Party. From the steps of the New Haven headquarters, Cappy publicizes the upcoming Revolutionary Peoples Constitutional Convention set to take place in Washington, D.C. later that week (June 19th, 1970). In addition, Cappy provides a statement to be shared via the Videofreex at the Alternative Media Conference occurring at Godard College in Vermont. His mandate for the alternative media movement includes the demand that white leftists document every political trial happening in the United States. As evidence of the politics of erasure practiced by the “pig media,” and the unjust selection of juries, Cappy speaks of the lack of coverage surrounding the recent trial of Black Panther Lonnie McLucas, one of the “New Haven Nine,” and urges those with access to video equipment to act.

Alternative Media Black Panthers Goddard Conference Political Activism Historical Documentary 1970s Counterculture Interview Social Commentary
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