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Circulating

Status:

IN

DVD006970

Murder of Fred Hampton, The

Alk, Howard

Facets Multimedia, Inc., 2007

Description:

DVD - Region 1.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.

Notes:

Supplemental materials include: “The Life and Death of Chairman Fred”, a Facets cine-notes booklet, available online at facets.org/cinenotes.

Titles

+ Murder of Fred Hampton, The

Director:

Alk, Howard

Production Co:

MGA, Inc.

Running Time:

Feature.   88 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1971

Language:

English language

Genre:

Documentary, African - American Interest

Notes:

THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON began as a film portrait of Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the shoot, Hampton was murdered. In an infamous moment in Chicago history, over a dozen policemen burst into Hampton’s apartment while its occupants were sleeping, killing Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark and brutalizing other occupants. Filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk arrived a few hours later to shoot film footage of the crime scene, which was later used to contradict news reports and police testimony. Recently restored and reworked by Gray, this film is a slice of American history.

Link to:

AFI catalog

+ Cicero March

Director:

Gray, Mike

Production Co:

The Film Group

Running Time:

Short.   8 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

b/w

Country:

USA

Year:

1966

Language:

English language

Genre:

Documentary, African - American Interest

Notes:

This film chronicles a group who defied Mayor Richard J. Daley’s order. The protests marched into predominantly white Cicero to stand against racism and injustice.