1969 The FBI and the Panther (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

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1969

The FBI and the Panther (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

Former Black Panther Party members give firsthand accounts that chronicle how they established themselves and became so influential in 1969, how their agenda involved and why the White House deemed them a threat.

Directors

Jeanmarie Condon | Cyndee Readdean (directed by) | Cynthia Readdean (produced & directed by)

Writers

Jeanmarie Condon | Melia Patria (creator) (co-writer)

Producers

Adrienne Magun (2018-2019) | Cynthia Readdean (produced by)

Cinematographers

Neil Barrett (cinematography) | Beau Beyerle | Andrew Bowley (as Andy Bowley) | Paul Dougherty & 10 more

Editors

Alessandro Barnett | Karl Dawson | Shilpi Gupta | Michael Hanna | A.M. Peters

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Updated May 14, 2019

Release date

May 14, 2019 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
30 cast members

Name	Known for
Elaine Brown Self - Black Panther, L.A. Self - Black Panther, L.A. See fewer	A Taste of Power
Kathleen Cleaver Self - Black Panther of Oakland Self - Black Panther of Oakland See fewer	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Deborah Johnson Self - Fred Hampton's Wife (as Akua Njeri) Self - Fred Hampton's Wife (as Akua Njeri) See fewer	Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Fred Hampton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971)
Bobby Seale Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Huey P. Newton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Panthers (1968)
Donzaleigh Abernathy Self Self See fewer	Any Day Now (1998)
Bernard Arafat Self - Black Panther, L.A. Self - Black Panther, L.A. See fewer	1969 (2019)
Douglas Brinkley Self Self See fewer	The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Clara Bingham Self Self See fewer	North Country (2005)
Azure Butler Self Self See fewer	1969 (2019)
Patrisse Cullors Self - Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Self - Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter See fewer	Good Trouble (2019)
Rennie Davis Self Self See fewer	Aliens from Spaceship Earth (1977)
Calvin Drake Self - LAPD Officer, S.W.A.T. (as Cal Drake) Self - LAPD Officer, S.W.A.T. (as Cal Drake) See fewer	1969 (2019)
Jeff Haas Self - Chicago Panthers Lawyer Self - Chicago Panthers Lawyer See fewer	The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Fred Hampton Jr. Self - Son of Fred Hampton Self - Son of Fred Hampton See fewer	Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Mohammed Mubarak Self - Black Panther, L.A. Self - Black Panther, L.A. See fewer	The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
William O'Neal Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Gil Parker Self - Black Panther, L.A. Self - Black Panther, L.A. See fewer	The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Hy Thurman Self - Cofounder of Young Patriots Self - Cofounder of Young Patriots See fewer	The First Rainbow Coalition (2019)
Tariq Trotter Self - The Roots Self - The Roots See fewer	Zoolander 2 (2016)
Skip Andrew Self - Chicago Panther Lawyer Self - Chicago Panther Lawyer See fewer	1969 (2019)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
J. Edgar Hoover Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Next of Kin (1942)
Jesse Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Burning
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
Coretta Scott King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nationtime (1972)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Frank Reynolds Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Gil Scott-Heron Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	State of Play (2009)