The Black Panther Cubs: when the revolution doesn't come
2025•26m•Released
Documentary
They are the children of the Black Panther party – the self-styled Panther cubs. Born into the 1970s revolutionary movement for Black equality and self-determination, they have lived in the shadows of a promised land that was never attained. We join them as they continue to wrestle, 50 years later, with the dichotomy of their extraordinary childhoods: the enormous pride and love it gave them as members of the Black Panther family, and the booming loss they endured – of parents, of security, and of the hope for radical change that did not materialise. That hope lives on in the cubs, and their reflections on America’s current crisis offers burning lessons for today.
Director
Aurora Brachman
Languages
English
Cast
Fred Hampton Jr.
Self
Ericka Abram
Self
Malkia Cyril
Self
Production
Producer
LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
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