Movies by Kathleen Cleaver
As part of the cast:
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Cast: Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Erykah Badu …
Directed by: Göran Olsson
From 1967 to '75, a film crew aimed cameras at major figures in the Black Power movement, creating hours of footage that remained unreleased for decades. In clips, Stokely Carmichael,…
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Leaving Cleaver: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Remembers Eldridge Cleaver (2008)
Cast: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Kathleen Cleaver …
Shortly before his death in 1998, author, social activist and former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver granted his last major interview to Henry Louis Gates Jr. In this revealing documentary…
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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
Cast: Assata Shakur, Rick Borgia, J.D. Brown …
Directed by: Fred Baker
Through dramatic re-creation, archival newsreel footage and revealing interviews, director Fred Baker's docudrama explores the controversial murder case centered on Black Panther…
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The Weather Underground (2002)
Cast: Lili Taylor, Billy Ayers, Laura Whitehorn …
Directed by: Bill Siegel, Sam Green
This sobering documentary about the Weather Underground chronicles the global trend of revolution. The Weathermen didn't just march or sit in: They rioted and bombed -- not to change the…
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Zabriskie Point (1970)
Cast: Daria Halprin, Mark Frechette, Paul Fix …
Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni
Writer-director Michelangelo Antonioni's vision of late-1960s America is on full display in this tale that mixes romance and revolution as it explores the love affair between a…