The story of the Black Panthers is often told in a dab of repackaged components, usually depicting tragic, mythic reports of violence and criminal activity. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes right to the source, weaving a treasure of rare archival footage with all the voices of those men and women who have there been: authorities, FBI informants, journalists, white fans and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. An heritage, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, will be a individual, vibrant, living and breathing chronicle of this critical movement which birthed a brand new civilization that is radical .