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The rise of the Black Panther party in 1960's California is
chronicled in this film directed by Mario Van Peebles.
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A woman's cleavage is exposed, and her panties are shown when
a draft from a passing bus lifts up her skirt. There are a couple of obscene sexual
references, one obscene sexual gesture.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - A boy is hit by a car and he is shown lying in a pool of
blood. A man is shot several times and we see the bloody bulletholes as he's lying in
blood. Several other people are shot: one is shown in the hospital with a huge, bloody
wound on his torso. A man's finger is broken, to teach him a lesson (we hear the bone
break and the man yell). Many scenes of police brutality: police threaten crowds of people
and they viscously beat back a crowd with water and billyclubs. There are a couple of
explosions and a couple of scenes of military violence are shown in the background.
PROFANITY 9 - 50+ F-words, many racial epithets, a few obscene sexual
references, 20+ scatological terms, many milder obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Racial equality, the Black Panther party, the FBI, unethical
government practices, Vietnam.
MESSAGE - Whites cannot deny African-Americans their own history. Racial
equality has not been achieved.
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