Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther

William Klein’s candid portrait of leading Black Panther figure Eldridge Cleaver catches up with the charismatic, controversial, and outspoken revolutionary during his exile in Algeria, where he—along with his wife, fellow Black Power activist Kathleen Cleaver—sought refuge from prosecution in the United States. Adopting an unvarnished, observational style, Klein captures Cleaver expounding passionately on everything from revolutionary ideology and the state of U.S. politics to the global struggle for liberation.