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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther

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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
Official film release poster
Directed byWilliam Klein
Screenplay byWilliam Klein
Produced byO.N.C.I.C.
CinematographyWilliam Klein
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryAlgeria

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther is an Algerian documentary film made in 1969 and directed by William Klein. The film covers Black Panther activist Eldridge Cleaver while exiled in Algeria. Cleaver moved to Algeria after the U.S. state of California tried to charge him with intent to murder. In the documentary, Cleaver discusses revolution in the United States and denounces political figures Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, Ronald Reagan and Richard J. Daley.

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