Bobby Seale Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Bobby Seale

Bobby Seale

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Biography

Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American political activist and author. Seale is widely known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with fellow activist Huey P. Newton. Founded as the "Black Panther Party for Self-Defense", the Party's main practice was monitoring police activities and challenging police brutality in Black communities, first in Oakland, California, and later in cities throughout the United States. Seale was one of the eight people charged by the US federal government with conspiracy charges related to anti-Vietnam War protests in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale's appearance in the trial was widely publicized and Seale was bound and gagged for his appearances in court more than a month into the trial for what Judge Julius Hoffman said were disruptions. Seale's case was severed from the other defendants, turning the "Chicago Eight" into the "Chicago Seven". After his case was severed, the government declined to retry him on the conspiracy charges. Though he was never convicted in the case, Seale was sentenced by Judge Hoffman to four years for criminal contempt of court. The contempt sentence was reversed on appeal.[5] In 1970, while in prison, Seale was charged and tried as part of the New Haven Black Panther trials over the torture and murder of Alex Rackley, whom the Black Panther Party had suspected of being a police informer. Panther George Sams, Jr., testified that Seale had ordered him to kill Rackley. The jury was unable to reach a verdict in Seale's trial, and the charges were eventually dropped. Seale's books include A Lonely Rage: The Autobiography of Bobby Seale, Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton, and Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers (with Stephen Shames). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bobby Seale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

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Rude Awakening movie poster
MOVIE

Rude Awakening

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Rude Awakening
Diner at Ronnie's
Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black PanthersMOVIE
MOVIE

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

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Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers
Self
Malcolm X movie poster
MOVIE

Malcolm X

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Malcolm X
Speaker #1
Black Panthers movie poster
MOVIE

Black Panthers

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Black Panthers
Self
Huey! movie poster
MOVIE

Huey!

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Huey!
Off the Pig (Newsreel #19) movie poster
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Off the Pig (Newsreel #19)

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Off the Pig (Newsreel #19)
Harlem Theater movie poster
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Harlem Theater

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Harlem Theater
Self
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 movie poster
MOVIE

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Self (voice)
My People Are RisingMOVIE
MOVIE

My People Are Rising

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My People Are Rising
A Huey P. Newton Story movie poster
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A Huey P. Newton Story

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A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Bobby Seale portrait