-- Watch the video and learn how to support the film at www.indiegogo.com/projects/266927 --
Bobby Seale, chairman, co-founder and national organizer of the Black Panther Party
Seize the Time is also the title of Bobby's autobiography, which sold over one million copies since first published in 1970. A studio executive at Fox Search Light Pictures suggested that Bobby and Stephen produce this dramatized feature instead of the more traditional documentary they had originally been working on.
Since the late 1970s, Bobby has spoken to hundreds of thousands of
students on college campuses worldwide. Audiences have been mesmerized
by his charismatic speeches as he relates his personal experiences in a
historical period that helped shape today's politics. Bobby talks about
the people in the Black Panther Party, their supporters and the various
social programs they created; how they prevailed in a world where they
were persecuted and their lives and those of their friends and families
were threatened.
The image of Bobby Seale chained, gagged, and bound to a chair in a
Chicago courtroom is one that lives in America's national consciousness.
This film will tell the story of how he got there, and how he survived.
The story comes straight from Bobby Seale's life. It offers insights
into United States history and the conflicts and contradictions that
reverberate to this day.
For the first time millions of people will have an opportunity to
experience Bobby's stories in movie theaters across America and the
world. Bobby decided to produce his own cinematic life story because of
his frustration with the films that have been made about the Black
Panthers without his involvement. "They usually contact me after they
have made their film," Bobby has commented," and often want me to
endorse it. I want to do this until I see the final product. Its
painful to see the waste of money, resources and talent on film projects
that don't convey the complete story of what happened during the days
of the Black Panther Party and the sixties protest movement."
Many cinematic depictions of the Black Panther Party leave out the FBI's
efforts to terrorize the Panthers through its counter intelligence
program. This led to Panther members being legally framed and sometimes
even assassinated based on the false testimony of FBI informants.
"There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about
how viciously the FBI attacked us and why. Even people of my generation
don't know that J. Edgar Hoover said the Black Panthers Breakfast for
Children program represents the greatest threat to America's national
security," Bobby has explained.
Seize The Time; The Eighth Defendant
will give its audience a glimpse into the life of Bobby Seale and the
social protest movements of the 1960's and 70's. A cast of actors will
play the part of the people who were members and show the changes they
created. The film will also highlight situations in which the Panthers
prevailed. Bobby says, " For example, most people don't know that we won
95 % of our courtroom cases. " Many social programs today go back to
the survival programs of the Black Panther Party. And the struggle for
justice for African American and minority youth in the face of police
oppression is unfortunately as relevant today as it was when Bobby and
Huey first took up their rifles and law books to protest police
brutality.
Watch The Video and Learn How To Support The Film:
Visit www.indiegogo.com/projects/266927
Visit www.indiegogo.com/projects/266927
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