Thisrivetingdocumentary,"BlackPanthers-Huey!",directedbyFrenchfilmmakerAgnesVardatransportsyoutothepivotalFreeHueyrallyheldonFebruary17th,1968(Newton'sbirthday),atOaklandAuditoriuminAlameda,California.Newton,thecharismaticyoungcollegestudentwho,alongwithBobbySeale,createdtheBlackPantherParty,hadbeenjailedforallegedlykillingapoliceofficer.Hisarrest--widelybelievedatthetimetobeasetup--galvanizedPartysupportthroughoutthenationandledtoaboominPartymembership,bringinganewlevelofpublicattentiontothePanthers'cause.Over5,000peopleattendedtherally,whichfeaturedPartyleadersandguestspeakersincludingEldridgeCleaver,BobbySeale,JamesForman,BobAvakian,StokelyCarmichael,H.RapBrownandRonDellums.Throughstarkun-editorializedfootage,thisdocumentarychroniclesthespeakersoutliningtheParty'splatformgoals,theirstrategiesforfreeingNewtonfromjailandmore.
