Documentary Description
he Murder of Fred Hampton began as a film portrait of
Hampton and the Illinois Black Panther Party, but half way through the
shoot, Hampton was murdered by Chicago policeman.
In an infamous moment in Chicago history and
politics, over a dozen policeman burst into Hampton’s apartment while
its occupants were sleeping, killing Hampton and fellow Panther Mark
Clark and brutalizing the other occupants.
Filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk arrived a few
hours later to shoot film footage of the crime scene that was later
used to contradict news reports and police testimony.
“You can jail the revolutionary, but you can’t jail
the revolution…You might murder a freedom fighter like Bobby Hunton,
but you can’t murder freedom fighting.” – Fred Hampton.
Recently restored and reworked by Gray, The Murder of Fred Hampton is a chilling slice of American history.
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