In Algeria nothing goes as planed. The first arguments amongst the leaders are surfacing and the disappointment is immense. What happened?
May 20, 2022
14 min
When George Brown gets out of prison, activism is still at the center of his life. He marries a french woman, Annie. Both of them will spend their lives fighting for the rights of African- Americans and political prisoners.
May 20, 2022
15 min
The decision is made. George and his group of friends will hijack a plane. The goal: join the international section of the Black Panthers in Algeria.
May 20, 2022
8 min
George Brown left behind him, in the USA, a son that he didn’t get to know. The bitter irony is that his son who has no memories of his father, is in prison...
May 20, 2022
14 min
The group decide to leaved Algeria to go to France. Underground life begins. But eventually they get caught....
May 20, 2022
16 min
George Brown was born in the USA in 1944. His childhood, like many African-Americans is blighted by racism, poverty, injustice, police violence and abusive detention. It is in prison that he decides to join the Black Panthers and that decides he will escape the USA.
May 20, 2022
16 min
One evening, Jessica is emptying out her mother’s flat and she finds this newspaper clipping: « 31st of July 1972, a DC8 flying from Detroit to Miami is hijacked, destination Alger ». Who are the hijackers? 5 Black Panthers. And amongst them, George Brown, her godfather.
May 20, 2022
4 min