Brando & Panthers at Bobby Hutton's Funeral (4K, unrestored version)

KTVU News report by Carlton Cordell on April 12th 1968 featuring scenes of Marlon Brando, Bobby Seale, James Forman and Kathleen Cleaver giving speeches by Lake Merritt in Oakland, following the funeral of Black Panther Bobby Hutton. A somber Brando declares to crowds: "It's up to the individual to do something to force the government to give the black man a decent place to live, a decent place to bring his children up in ... and I'm gonna start right now to inform white people about what they don't know. The Reverend said the white man can't cool it because he's never dug it. And I'm here to try to dig it because I myself as a white man have got a long way to go and a lot to learn." Also includes views of Melvin Newton, George Mason Murray and William Lee Brent on the stage with Brando and of mourners gathering at the Ephesian Church of God in Christ with members of the Black Panther Party in attendance. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm film print was remastered in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in August 2022.

Note that unlike the other screener featuring this material streaming in DIVA, which wa sourced from a 1024x778 scan, this version was not digitally restored to remove hairs that were present in the 16mm film camera's gate during filming. This clip also features some additional footage of a woman speaking to crowds by Lake Merritt.