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Part of The Black Panthers In America press release, September 20, 1971

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Press Release For:
THE BLACK PANTHERS IN AMERICA: A FILM RECORD
September 22 and 23, Norton Conference Theatre
Presented by:
The Black Student Union
The UUAB Film Committee Directors' Series
FOR RELEASE:

ON RECEIPT

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Black Panthers in America:

A Film Record will be the sub­

ject of a film series to be presented at the Norton Conference Theatre at the Univer­
sity of Buffalo on September 22 and 23.

Films to be shown include The Murder of

Fred Hampton, American Revolution 2 and Stagolee, a filmed interview with the Black
Panther leader Bobby Seale.
The Hurder of Fred Hampton will be introduced by its editor, Howard Alt at 8:00
on September 22 at the conference theatre.

Mr. Alt and the film's director, Mike

Gray, were producing a documentary about Fred Hampton and the Chicago Panthers at
the time of the Police raid that resulted in Fred Hampton's death.

The Murder of

Fred Hampton is an examination and refutation of the Chicago Police assertion that
the killing of Hampton and Panther Mark Clark was a result of a police/Panther gun­
fight.
The Murder of Fred Hampton will also be shown at 1:00 on both September 22 and

23 at the Conference Theatre.
Howard Alt both filmed and edited American Revolution 2, a study of the 1968
Democratic Convention and the reaction to it by the Panthers, the Young Lords and
the Young Patriots, a white revolutionary organization.

American Revolution 2 will

be shown on September 22 at 3:00.
Stagolee will be presented on September 22 at 4:30 and on September 23 at 2:30.
All events are open to the public.
Admission to all films is free.
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9/20/71

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