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Film
Maysles Cinema at the New Museum presents Living With Conviction: A Black Panther Party Film Series
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Maysles Cinema at the New Museum
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Sunday Sep 20, 2009 (3–5pm)
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$6 Members, $8 General Public
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In conjunction with the exhibition “Emory Douglas: Black Panther” at the New Museum, Jessica Green and Philip Maysles of Maysles Cinema have selected a series of films illuminating the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party with the guidance of Panther archivist Billy X Jennings. The series features three screenings at the New Museum on July 25, September 12, and October 17 with three additional screenings at Maysles Cinema in Harlem.
Program 1: Sunday, September 20, 3 p.m.
Public Enemy, 1999, 87 min
Dir. Jens Meurer
How was it that an organization labeled “public enemy number one” by the FBI produced some of America’s most exemplary citizens? While early Panther films occur at a rapid-fire pace to convey the urgency of revolution, Public Enemy unfolds with a calm that corresponds with the grace and repose emanating from its mature subjects. The film catches up with four Black Panthers who have lived extraordinary lives through the fire of government repression: Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, Nile Rodgers, and Bobby Seale.
