From Black Panthers to Black Lives Matter: Official transcript from our Stanley Nelson event

Editor's note: Back in February, we held an event with filmmaker Stanley Nelson to talk about his now Emmy-nominated film, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. The film sparked the No. 1 trending Twitter hashtag—#BlackPanthersPBS—in the world on the night it premiered on PBS’ Independent Lens. It is also Independent Lens' highest rated and most-streamed film. Below is the transcript from this Prince Theater event, where Nelson was interviewed by Norris West, director of strategic communications for the Annie E. Casey Foundation. If you haven't seen the film, you can watch the trailer below.  Read More
July 15, 2016  –
  • Nina Sachdev
From Black Panthers to Black Lives Matter: Official transcript from our Stanley Nelson event