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Synopsis: Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Mario Van Peebles
Production: PolyGram Video
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
R
Year:
1995
124 min
1,543 Views


Suddenly a HORN blares, BRAKES screech.

Brutal, fast, a CAR plows into the child, sending him and

the bike bouncing against the windshield and back on the

pavement, bleeding... dead.

EXT. APARTMENT HOUSE - 55TH STREET - DAY

JUDGE (20's) -- an intense young man wearing a FATIGUE JACKET --

STARES numbly at the child in the street. Neighborhood people

move toward the scene.

A WOMAN, perhaps the boy's mother, WAILS next to the body.

Judge's Mom, RITA (50's) -- raw boned and sharp eyed --

stands, drawn toward the tragedy.

RITA:

Oh lord... not again...

EXT. INTERSECTION - DAY

A CROWD -- including Reverend Slocum, Cy and the DRINKERS --

gathers near the child and the wailing woman. Across from

Judge, TYRONE keeps an angry distance from the horror.

CY:

God damn... Kid never had a chance...

ROSE:

Mothafuck... Hey!!! What the hell!!!

The CAR backs up, trying to leave the scene.

Market street regulars SWARM around the retreating vehicle,

hitting it with fists, sticks, bottles. Young and old move

together, their faces contorted with RAGE.

JUDGE:

(over)

People were pissed off. Neighborhood

had been begging for a stoplight

since before dirt was invented. Way

I saw it then, that boy dying was

another shitty thing in a world full

of sh*t.

CUT TO:

EXT. APARTMENT HOUSE - DAY

Eyes locked on the dead child, JUDGE stands, angry and

impassive.

JUDGE:

(over)

Way I see it now... That day. That

intersection. That's where it started

for me.

(a pause)

Only, I didn't know it then...

EXT. CLOSE UP:
INTERSECTION PAVEMENT - DAY

Running red past a SMALL sneakered foot, BLOOD streams toward

the gutter.

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Melvin Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles is an American film director and actor best known for directing New Jack City in 1991. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom he portrayed in the 2003 biopic Baadasssss! that he also co-wrote and directed. more…

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