Leaving Cleaver

1999 60 min

Overview

In March 1997, social activist, former Black Panther, and author, Eldridge Cleaver sat down with Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a discussion of his life as a civil rights activist. It would be the last major interview Cleaver gave before his death in May 1998. This film draws on the 1997 interview, archival footage, and commentary from Cleaver's former wife Kathleen, as well as audio tapes of a 1975 interview that Gates did with Cleaver in Paris.

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Documentary

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Cast

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Eldridge Cleaver

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Kathleen Cleaver

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Crew

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Writer

June Cross

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June Cross

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