Eldridge Cleaver
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant and revealing".
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.657 |
| Birthday | 1935-08-31 |
| Place of Birth | Wabbaseka, Arkansas, USA |
| Also Known As | Eldridge Leroy Cleaver, Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, |
1971
1 P.M.
5.9/7
Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was m...
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1 P.M.
1968
Black Panthers
7.1/79
A film shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organised by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Newton, one of the...
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Black Panthers
1968
Off the Pig (Newsreel #19)
0/0
A compelling document of the Black Panther Party leadership in 1967. This film contains a prison interview with Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton as...
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Off the Pig (Newsreel #19)
1971
Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)
0/0
An absolute unknown work among Marker’s collaborations, made by filmmakers Bill Stephens, Paul and Carole Roussopoulas with Eldridge and Kathleen Clea...
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Congo Oyé (We Have Come Back)
1970
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
8.4/5
The portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, the "Minister of Information" for the Black Panthers movement, in exile in Algiers.
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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
5.2/8
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
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A Huey P. Newton Story
1969
Repression
0/0
The important L.A. Newsreel film about the Black Panthers that was rediscovered and written about by USC professor David James. Featured in the film i...
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Repression
1980
A Decade of Struggle
0/0
This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United States, emphasizing the rol...
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A Decade of Struggle
1970
Around South Central
0/0
Documentary about the West Coast Black Panthers, the deadly crackdown by the FBI and police forces.
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Around South Central
2015
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
7/58
The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activ...
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
1999
Leaving Cleaver
0/0
In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life as...
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Leaving Cleaver
1996
All Power to the People!
5.8/5
Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the hi...
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All Power to the People!
1972
Malcolm X
6.4/12
James Earl Jones narrates this fascinating and moving documentary about the life of the assassinated black leader through various sources.
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Malcolm X
1990
The FBI's War on Black America
8/2
Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid...
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