En 1968, Agnès Varda est installée, en compagnie de Jacques Demy, en Californie. Cette année-là, elle décide de planter sa caméra à Oakland, près de San Francisco, au beau milieu d’une manifestation de militants du Black Panther Party exigeant la libération d’un de leurs leaders, Huey Newton.

Court-métrage franco-américain d’Agnès Varda, 1968, 30 minutes, NB

This film was shot during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California around the meetings organized by the Black Panthers Party to free Huey Netwon, one of their leaders, and to turn his trial into a political debate. They tried and succeeded in catching America’s attention.

DIR: Agnès Varda
1968 / France / 30 min

Director: Agnès Varda
Dir. of Photography: David Myers, Paul Aratow, John Shofill, Agnès Varda
Editing: Paddy Monk
Sound: Paul Oppenheim, James Steward
Duration: 30 min
Year: 1968
Country: France
Colour: Black & White