The result was, as is portrayed in the film, COINTELPRO the Counter Intelligence Program organized and implemented by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to harass, discredit and destroy the Black Panthers and other revolutionary organizations by every dirty trick imaginable, up to and including trumped-up criminal charges and outright assassination. The period when the Party was at its peak, in the late 60s and early 70s, was also the heyday of the mass youth revolt and the anti-Vietnam War movement that has come to be known as The Sixties. Despite all the rewriting of history that has occurred since that fateful time, this was a period in which millions in the US believed that revolutionary change was in the air, that imperialist war, capitalist exploitation and racism needed to die, and that radical change was not only possible but also inevitable. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution fills that void. It is also Independent Lens' highest rated and most-streamed [] ITN Archive Limited David Fenton It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. Tommy Hawkins It was a statement that perfectly encapsulated the Partys unprecedented influence in the social, cultural, and political psyche of the United States. Some stories are told using media archival footage from the media, while others are conveyed from the point of view of those previously involved with and against the group. 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, WNET is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW -- WHAT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AND ARE GETTING OUT THERE IN THE STREETS CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN A MOVEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THEY -- THE POLITICALNESS OF THEIR LIVES WILL STAY THERE, YOU KNOW? Miranda Sullivan YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS A CRUCIAL -- I THINK ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE THE PANTHERS WERE VERY MUCH DRIVEN BY PERSONALITIES, BY THEIR LEADERS, AND THAT WAS GREAT IN THE BEGINNING AND SLOGANISM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY FREE HUEY WHEN NOBODY REALLY KNEW WHO HUEY WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S FREE HUEY. And as the country searches for permanent solutions to larger social and racial problems permeating through society, were also reminded of another movement in our nations history that was both radical and often misunderstood. KGO-TV The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution: Screening and Discussion. The Black Panthers captured the political imagination of young blacks. Partners SOT: Jim Dunbar, Journalist Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center's Vision for Social Justice, Saving the Overlooked Continent: American Protestant Missions in Western Europe, 19401975, Emancipating Masculinity: Black Union Deserters and Their Families in the Civil War South, Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism, About the Organization of American Historians, Subscription prices and ordering for this journal, Purchasing options for books and journals across Oxford Academic, Receive exclusive offers and updates from Oxford Academic. Jobs Alondra Nelson Molly Schwartz Corbis Written by Charles Wright Instead of consistent labels denoting the names, locations, and dates of Shamess subjects, the decision to display only selected interview excerpts on the gallery walls, drawn from the book, curtails an objective interpretation. Stephen Shames, Black Panther co-founders Bobby Seale & Huey Newton pose in Hueys penthouse apartment, Oakland, California, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Vision & Justice The legacyof Hoovers actionsinfiltration, assassinations, criminalist discourse about the Panthersstill lingers. I GOT TO WATCH THE FILM FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PREPARATION FOR THIS INTERVIEW AND THIS TIME BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONTENT SO WELL I WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE CRAFT AND IT'S JUST MASTERFUL. Both of these twentieth-century movements, which captured the imagination of young African Americans, declined in less than a decade. Federal Bureau of Investigation If you see Sign in through society site in the sign in pane within a journal: If you do not have a society account or have forgotten your username or password, please contact your society. YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO GIVE THAT IDEA TO PEOPLE SO THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, SEE FOR THEMSELVES. There's talk and more talk about revolution these days, but it's also in danger of being relegated to just another 'fashionable buzzword' used in a cynical ploy to establish a byline to disenfranchised 'millennials'. Black Pantthers Nelson interviewed over fifty people for the film, with around thirty making it into the final cut. I WONDER IF YOU SEE -- IF YOU CAN ELABORATE, I GUESS, IF YOU SEE THAT THAT COULD BE A THREAT TO THIS -- TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE PROTESTS NOW. IMDb7.3/10.0-53% $11.64 $ 11. by Stanley Nelson. IT'S LIKE YOU GIVE A HORSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REINS, GO AHEAD, I HAVE TO LET YOU RUN, I CAN'T STOP YOU. The organisation combated police brutality aimed at African-Americans but fell apart because of internal tensions and shootouts. Because of a quirk in California law, the men were able to carry loaded weapons openly. Advertising Administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI) Patrick Ulysse, Supervising Sound-Editor + Re-Recording Mixer Benjamin Frankenberg The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr.. They were gun-toting fanatics. A part of PBS, America's Home for Documentaries. Taylor Branch YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED BACKLASH AND I WAS THINKING BECAUSE I WAS THERE, TO REMEMBER IT ALL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE TUMULT OF THE 1960s IN PARTICULAR, THE VIOLENCE AND TUMULT OF 1968 WAS IN PART -- IN PART IT LED TO THE ELECTION OF RICHARD NIXON, RIGHT, AND THE FAMOUS BACKLASH. Bianca Dang Jia Yu Wu, Associated Press So the Panthers just started doing it, and it ended up being a very, very successful program and, I think, the Panthers always say it's what spurred the government on to have breakfast programs that are still in existence today. Efootage Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members. SOT:Rita Williams Garcia, Writer This film was produced by Firelight Films, Inc., which is solely responsible for its content. Stephen Shames revisits his chronicleof American activism. I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT ON AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS AMAZING. Infamous wiretaps of the Black Panthers were never accessed through the Freedom of Information Act, despite repeated attempts on behalf of the producer. Lauretta Molitor Stanley Nelson's previous films include the documentary Freedom Summer, which he wrote, produced and directed. So the FBI does things that range from infiltrating the party and having agent provocateurs inside the Panther Party who are provoking violent acts and buying guns and supplying guns to the Panthers, to he has [a] memo that says we have to set spouse against spouse. AP Archives Following successful sign in, you will be returned to Oxford Academic. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. Nelsons film does not shy away from the story of the demise of the Party. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a feature documentary that includes eyewitness accounts from the first members who joined the organization to rank-and-file members in cities. The look was very, very calculated. Led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the Panthers put forth a 10-point program that sought to address a host of problems, including police brutality, poor housing and subpar education. Additional Footage provided courtesy of Maysles Films, Inc, Music The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and. Washington University Film & TV Archive 2017. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. The Black Panthers movement. THE PANTHERS CHANGED THE WAY WE RESPOND AS AFRICAN-AMERICANS. Greg Quedens And for Newton, the revolution would belong to the people. Center for Sacramento History, KCRA TV Film Collection He is also co-founder and executive director of Firelight Media, which provides support to emerging documentarians. The Party was not immune to the surveillance of the federal government; former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover made it his mission to cripple the Party through his COINTELPRO program. The idea of the black leather jacket and the beret came from Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and they came up with the idea because they said, "Every young black man has a black leather jacket or can get one or can borrow one if they can't buy one." YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THERE IS ALREADY A BACKLASH, I THINK PEOPLE ARE STEELING THEMSELVES TO FIGHT IT AND BACKLASH. Mitchell Gersten Claudia Katayanagi And Im going to do as much as I can, Im going to start right now. Select your institution from the list provided, which will take you to your institution's website to sign in. Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each otherin print, in person, and online. Flint Taylor, For Firelight Films San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive This fast-moving film on what may be the most controversial group in American history is balanced through stories told from multiple perspectivespolice, FBI agents and infiltrators, journalists, white supporters and detractors, Panther leaders who remained loyal to the party, and . Executive Director TAGS: black lives matter, black panthers, civil rights, Protests, stanley nelson, vanguard of the revolution, 2023 WNET. NARRATOR FILMSOT: Photographerstook our pictures, they took advantage they put them in newspapers they put them on magazines, and that look that we projected, the leather jackets the big AFRO the shades, that became a hit !Obviously photographers were drawn to it. Roz Payne Revisit the turbulent 1960s, when a new revolutionary culture emerged with the Black Panther Party at the vanguard. Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media, Sam Aleshinloye/Courtesy of Firelight Media. SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE REALITY OF THE PANTHERS AND WE ALSO WANTED TO TALK TO WHAT THEY CALLED THE RANK AND FILE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THOSE TACTICS WERE USED. After the U.S. civil rights movement, change and a revolutionary counter culture emerged in the late 1960s.A historical documentary traces the disputes that raged over racial inequality and civil rights and the new political party that emerged.VOAs Carolyn Turner, reports onThe Black Panthers, Vanguards of the Revolution.. Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS Tribune Content Agency FILM SOT: Dear Mr. Newton, Im a 13 year old student and I want to be a Black Panther.Does it matter what your religition Is?What are some qualifircations to be a black Panther?P.S. ELDRIDGE CLEAVER, YOU KNOW, COULD BE THIS GREAT SPOKESMAN AND SPEAKER AND THERE WERE OTHERS, KATHLEEN CLEAVER, ELAINE BROWN, SO MANY OTHERS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FILM IS AS THESE LEADERS STARTED TO FALTER THEN THE MOVEMENT STARTED TO FALTER BECAUSE IT WAS SO BASED ON THESE LEADERS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK THAT -- THAT YOU CAN DEFUND THE POLICE WITHOUT AN ORGANIZED OBJECTION FROM THE POLICE, THEN YOU'RE WRONG. The exhibition, however, resists sustained analysis in favor of the images. This brother here, myself, all of us, were born with our hair like this and we wear it like this.The reason for it you might say is that the new awareness among black people that they are beautiful.They are aware.They are proud of it. tells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America. That could have been my son lying there. THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Older politically-minded people who have gotten fuzzy about the lengths to which our ruling class will go to stamp out opposition should also see the film. Some of the first images on view depict aspects of Newtons private life, a welcome departure from his highly visible public persona. Marcia A. Smith. DVD is still in shrink wrap with original seal and stickers. This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. The Black Panthers knew how to exploit the media. The height of their power was in 1968 when they had around 2,000 members. One thing people dont understand about the Black Panther Party is that the median age of a Party member in 1969 was nineteen years old, Huggins notes. Bruno Barbey/Magnum Photos THAT WAS SO THEIR MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE STARTED OUT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T PREACH MORE AND MORE AND MORE RADICAL VIOLENCE AND KIND OF BACKED THEM INTO A CORNER THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF. James T. Campbell Fifty years ago, on October 15, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. Courtesy of The Estate of Gil Scott-Heron/Rumal Rackley Administrator, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Performed by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE PANTHERS AND WHY DID YOU LEAVE? ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO CAUSE DISSENSION IN THE RANKS. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. How many people today know that this Black Panther program was the template for the free breakfast and free lunch programs in schools throughout the nation today? Doug Coronado 2023 Independent Television Service (ITVS). Courtesy of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co. (BMI) William Pharr, one of the LA Panther defenders, published his autobiography Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival in 2014, including an account of the shootout. Jason Torres Staff THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOUGHT RACIAL OPPRESSION IN THE LATE 1960s AND '70s SERVING AS A CATALYST FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE WHILE ALSO AT TIMES RESORTING TO VIOLENCE. "[9], Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther Party leader, criticized the film, writing that it presents "a disparaging portrait of Huey P. Newton" and that Nelson "[excised] from his film the Party's ideological foundation and political strategies, [] reducing our activities to sensationalist engagements, as snatched from establishment media headlines. IF YOU HAD TO NAME WHO THE LEADERS ARE, I WOULD CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO NAME THEM. This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years. HOST TAG Sveriges TV AB Raquel Stewart The film includes considerable footage of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Panthers in Chicago. They were after a different crew. Billy X Jennings The site's consensus states: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution offers a fascinating -- if somewhat rudimentary -- introduction to a movement, and an era, that remains soberingly relevant today. Screening and Discussion in partnership with Vermont Public Television and Prof. Bill Hart of "Indie Lens Pop-Up's The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution". Sam Aleshinloye, Cinematography by SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BUT I THINK WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT RIGHT NOW THIS MOVEMENT HAS TAKEN OFF, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING AND LEADING IT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BACK UP AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY SEEM -- IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY WORKING AND THEY SEEM TO BE DOING IT REALLY, REALLY WELL. And those 20 Panthers do not include the countless others who were murdered, or had their lives disrupted and wrecked because of their commitment to the liberation of the people. The film sparked the No. I was taught to be proper.Behave yourself.Youre going out in public to always know that the white man was listening.With the Black Panthers coming to the scene, it was just a completely different message.As a 12 year old, youknow what?You had this whole other portrayal of self and just really digging it! Franklin McMahon Chicago Defender Archives Janice A Garrett-Fort Jessica Lynne is a writer, critic, and coeditor of, The Photographers Who Built an Army of Lovers through Protest and Celebration, A Photographer's Unflinching Portrait of America in Crisis, Progress Requires Pictures: An Exit Interview with Chris Boot, How a Group of Young Italian Artists Redefined Avant-Garde Photography, The Cutting Cleverness of Martha Roslers Collages, An Artists Clever Reuse of the Fashion Image, The Double Life of a French Armenian Photographer, An Exhibition Revives the Legacy of Life Magazine. In the era of Black Lives Matter, what is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. When on the institution site, please use the credentials provided by your institution. Aired on June 10, 2020.. By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing, (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People Jeffrey Blankfort Jeff Carlton WMAR-TV, The David Frost Show from the holdings of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Firing Line appears courtesy of Hoover Institution Archives, "The Mike Douglas Show"courtesy of CBS Television Distribution, Soul Train appears courtesy of Soul Train Holdings, LLC To inform white people of what they dont know. The Black Panther Party was, in its day, the leading organizational expression of the revolutionary forces in the United States. Preview. the black panthers: vanguard of the revolution transcript 201.518.2979. who owns new reader magazine; kirkstall road, leeds. They were freedom fighters. "When the Panthers came into being, there were a number of people, especially young people, who kind of felt that the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King had run its course," Nelson says. SO WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY OF THE PANTHERS FOR US TODAY? 1960s deception fbi federal bureau of investigation timeframe 1960s timeframe 1970s 72 more Plot summary Add synopsis Genres Documentary History COINTELPRO and the massive state persecution of the Panthers put the organization on the defensive, and exacerbated existing political tensions, setting the stage for a very public split between Newton and Cleaver in 1971. Eric Lockley "The Black Panther Party is simply the vanguard of the revolution," he declared. Performed by The Last Poets Bobby Huttonbecame a martyr for the Black Power cause, which fueled other sympathetic causes across the country to support them in solidarity. PEABODY AND EMMY AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER STANLEY NELSON WROTE, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED THE FILM AND JOINS US NOW. Feasting With Panthers DVD Nonetheless Williams Richard Kneeland. Howard L. Bingham Prod. Jim Wall, Consultants The Black Panther Party is simply the vanguard of the revolution, he declared. Written and Performed by Jimi Hendrix, Sultan Ahmad Ron Thompson Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, Ericka Huggins, and dozens of others, as well as archival footage of the late Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution tells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America. Did Man Who Armed Black Panthers Lead Two Lives. Performed by the Chi-Lites YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PANTHERS WERE REALLY GREAT AT IS SEIZING THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF TAKING OVER THE MEDIA AND GETTING THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS. John Shearer Shibboleth / Open Athens technology is used to provide single sign-on between your institutions website and Oxford Academic. That in itself tells you how dangerous this movement was to the rulers, and how dangerous its true history remains today. They were dangerous. Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, MacArthur Genius Fellow, and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Much of the archival footage used in the film has never been publicly broadcast before, with much time and effort going into locating and digitizing obscure resources. Seth Cooper J Alfred Smith Courtesy of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) Critical Past The postwar capitalist boom had left out tens of millions of workers and the poor, and the poverty rate remained . AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, IF YOU SEE THE FILM, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ALL THAT AND THE PANTHERS TALK ABOUT ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WERE INFILL DATERS IN THE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW, BUT THE FBI, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT THIS IS OUR MAIN GOAL. Vanderbilt Television News Archive NARRATOR Help bring programs like Independent Lens to your PBS station. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the vanguard of that change. WNET George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 - August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist and prisoner. Image Fortress Corp Years after its first utterance, Newtons claim remains the most definitive statement regarding the ethos that guided the Panthers. On the Black Panther uniform of leather jackets and berets. Young politically-minded people should see it and learn some history of revolutionary politics in the US. Partners World Economic Forum Plutocrats Suffer Vertigo on Contemporary Capitalisms Roller-Coaster, How Private Equity Amplifies the Abuse of Predatory Lending, War is as Popular as Cherry and Apple Pie, Amtraks Across America: Biking New York City. It was a very, very successful program for the Panthers, and actually J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI, said it was probably the most dangerous thing that the Panthers were doing, because it was winning not only the hearts and minds of young kids but also of their parents. WELL, I THINK THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE MYTH AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS A RAT, I WAS A YOUNG GUY WHEN THE PANTHERS CAME INTO BEING IN 1966, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY MEMORY OF HOW WE LOOKED AT THE PANTHERS WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN HOW THEY'VE DOWN IN HISTORY. Stephen Shames, Black Panthers carry George Jacksons coffin into St. Augustines Episcopal Church for his funeral service as a huge crowd watches, Oakland, California, August 28, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Philadelphia Daily News This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly Read allThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years. Stephen Shames, Black Panther member sells The Black Panther, the Partys newspaper, in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. The Black Panther Party is for overthrowing the United States government. When Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Party in 1966, they were riding a wave of rebellion that had engulfed Black America from boycotts, sit-ins and Freedom Rides in the South, to mass riots and near-insurrections in the Black ghettoes of the North. But Nelsons film is the best short introduction to the Party to date. Abstract: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. THE PANTHERS WERE IN YOUR FACE AND SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. Darryl Wilson the black panthers: vanguard of the revolution transcript. Hampton was a charismatic young man who was well on his way to building a strong and powerful organization, uniting not only the Black community but many other potential allies. Shames and Seales accompanying book, Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers (2016), chronicles the Partys founding up until Bobby Seales Oakland mayoral campaign in 1973, and privileges the personal accounts of Gloria Abernathy, Kathleen Cleaver, Barbara Cox, Elbert Big Man Howard, Ericka Huggins, and Khalid Raheem, among others. I THINK ONCE YOU SEE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG IN THIS COUNTRY, ONCE YOUR EYES ARE OPENED, IT'S LIKE SOMEONE SAYS IN THE -- ONE OF THE FIRST LINES IN THE PANTHERS, ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU CAN'T UNLEARN IT. I'M GOING TO LET YOU RUN AND THEN I'LL STEP IN. 648 pages. Sacramento Bee/ZUMAPRESS The title of Stanley Nelsons new documentary film The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, says it clearly. 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