A Panther in Africa
On October 30, 1969, Pete O’Neal, a young Black Panther in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. One year later, O’Neal fled the charge, and for over 30 years, he has lived in Tanzania, one of the last American exiles from an era when activists considered themselves at war with the U.S. government. Today, this community organizer confronts very different challenges and finds himself living between two worlds – America and Africa, his radical past and his uncertain future.
Funding from ITVS, POV, The Jerome Foundation and the New York Council on the Arts. Winner of St. Louis Int’l Film Festival and Cine Golden Eagle Award, and screened at several more — including AFI Film Festival, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Margaret Mead Film Festival and Silver Docs Film Festival.