The Murder of Fred Hampton(1971)

🎬88 min
📅1971-05-01
🎭Documentary
⭐7.0/10

Overview

Fred Hampton was the leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. This film depicts his brutal murder by the Chicago police and its subsequent investigation, but also documents his activities in organizing the Chapter, his public speeches, and the programs he founded for children during the last eighteen months of his life.

Production

The Film Group

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Cast

Fred Hampton
as Self (archive footage)
Edward Carmody
as Self - State's Atty Police (archive footage)
Rennie Davis
as Self (archive footage)
Edward Hanrahan
as Self (Illinois State's Attorney) (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan)
Don Matuson
as Attorney in trial re-creation
Skip Andrew
as Self - Attorney (archive footage)
Deborah Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Renault Robinson
as Self - Pres., Afro-American Police Assn. (archive footage)
Ronald Satchel
as Self (archive footage) (as 'Doc' Satchel)
Tom Streeter
as Self - Maywood Councilman (archive footage)

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