41st & Central / 41st & Central Reloaded 

This two-part documentary series follows the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party from its glorious Black Power beginnings through its tragic demise. Despite the Party’s formation of free medical clinics and breakfast program for children, the L.A. chapter was one of the most controversial political groups because of it's commitment to self-defense. 41st & Central explores The Black Panther ethos, its conflict with the L.A.P.D., the US Organization as well as the events that shaped the complicated and often contradictory legacy of the L.A. Panthers.

41st & Central contains interviews with former Black Panther Party members along with archival footage detailing the history of racism in Los Angeles, the Watt’s uprising, the biography of Southern CA Chapter founder Alprentice “Bunchy" Carter”, and eyewitness accounts of the murders of Chapter leaders at U.C.L.A. in 1969.

41st & Central includes exclusive interviews with Black Panther Party leaders Geronimo Ji Jagga Kathleen Cleaver, and Elaine Brown. Also featured are chapter members Ericka Huggins, Roland & Ronald Freeman, Wayne Pharr, Jeffrey Everett, Long John Washington, Muhammad Mubarak, former L.A.P.D. Chief Bernard Parks, US Organization leader Ron Karenga, U.S. member Wesley Kabaila, U.C.L.A. Professor Scot Brown, brother of Bunchy Carter– Bernie Morris, FBI agent M. Wesley Swearingen and more.

Part 2- 41st & Central: Reloaded- is currently in production.