Fred Hampton

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Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). He was assassinated as he lay in bed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney's Office (SAO), in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hampton's death was chronicled in the 1971 documentary film The Murder of Fred Hampton, as well as an episode of the critically acclaimed documentary series Eyes on the Prize.

Most Popular Fred Hampton Trailers

Total trailers found: 12

All Power to the People! Trailer (1996)

01 June 1996

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the history of race relations and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1960s and 70s.

The First Rainbow Coalition Trailer (2019)

24 October 2019

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities.

Death of a Black Panther: Fred Hampton Trailer (1969)

31 December 1969

Chronicles he police raid and assassination of American activist Fred Hampton.

COINTELPRO 101 Trailer (2010)

07 May 2010

COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

The FBI's War on Black America Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Trailer (2015)

08 March 2015

The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a scatter of repackaged parts, often depicting tragic, mythic accounts of violence and criminal activity; but this is an essential story, vibrant, human; a living and breathing chronicle of a pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.

Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family Trailer (1971)

11 April 1971

The title of this Canadian documentary may have some relation to Canadian Marshall McLuhan's theories.

The Murder of Fred Hampton Trailer (1971)

01 May 1971

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.

Bastards of the Party Trailer (2005)

22 April 2005

Surrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from the 1950s through the 1990s in an attempt to fully understand his existence.

Growing Up in America Trailer (1989)

16 April 1989

Filmmaker Morley Markson shows Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and other '60s rebels, then and now in a follow up to his 1971 film "Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family.

I am Revolutionary Trailer (2020)

12 August 2020

Timely injection of the revolutionary spirit from Fred Hampton (Black Panthers Party). Based on the n

Fred Hampton: Black Panthers in Chicago Trailer (1969)

31 December 1969

Fred Hampton talks eloquently and passionately about the Free Breakfast for Children Program and Free Health Clinic set up by the Black Panthers to feed and tend to the poor and hungry.