Uncle Yanco [DVD video] ; Black Panthers

Uncle Yanco: In her first California film, Agnes Varda delves into her own history. She tracks down a relative she's never met, discovering Jean Varda, an artist and kindred soul leading a bohemian life in Sausalito.

Black Panthers: Documents an Oakland demonstration, organized by the Black Panthers, against the imprisonment of Huey P. Newton.

General Note:

Title from container.

Uncle Yanco (19 min.) originally released in 1967.

Black Panthers (28 min.) originally released in 1968.

Both films restored in 2013 at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.

Fullscreen (1.37:1).

Performers:

Features Jean Varda.

Contents:

Uncle Yanco (1967 ; 19 min.) / Janus Films ; ciné-tamaris films présente ; écrit et réalisé par Agnes Varda = Uncle Yanco / Janus Films ; ciné-tamaris films presents ; written and directed by Agnes Varda -- Black Panthers (1968 ; 28 min.) / Janus Films ; ciné-tamaris films présente ; écrit et réalisé par Agnes Varda = Black Panthers / Janus Films ; ciné-tamaris films presents ; written and directed by Agnes Varda.

Technical Details:

DVD; region 1, NTSC; 4:3 presentation; Dolby Digital monaural, 1.37:1 aspect ratio.

Personal Subject:

Varda, Jean.

Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019-Family.

Newton, Huey P.-Imprisonment-Public opinion.

Corporate Subject:

Black Panther Party.

Subject Term:

Artists -- California -- Sausalito -- Biography.

Demonstrations -- California -- Oakland.

African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975.