only come back, we will be joined by kathleen cleaver and danny glover.y with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. we spend the rest of the hour on a new book chronicling the black freedom movement in the united states. the black power mixtape is based on the film of the same name, which features rare archival footage shot between 1967 in 1975. it includes some of the leading figures of the black power movement in the u.s. like stokely carmichael, bobby seale, huey newton, oak ridge cleaver. the footage was shot by two swedish journalists and was discovered in the basement of swedish public television 30 years later. this is the trailer. >> someone asks me about violence, i find it incredible. what it means is the person asking the question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country. 1970's,he 1960's and swedish lawmakers arrived in america to explore the black power movement for which u.s. media saw vi

i don't know if you guys remember this, tnt made buffalo soldiers, danny glover. and i thought it was tnt, but i think spike lee just corrected me, it was hbo that had made the original tuskegee airmen, not redtails. the original with laurence fishburne, cuba gooding jr. for me it was an eye opener because i thought, wow, there really is a moment, an opportunity for african-american military movies. so i decided to research and write a screenplay, the harlem hellfighters. and there wasn't a lot back then. you know, the first book i bought off a new web site called amazon.com was, like, this big. but then i found this amazing book called from harlem to the rhine, and that wasó1&cbz7qr anl memoir of a guy who actually fought. so i read that. i got the, a cd recording of the original music from the regimental band from james reese europe, some of the most amazing jazz lyrics identify ever heard. war -- i've ever heard. war lyrics, poetry. and i also got a documentary from the 1970s called men in bronze, i think one of the last two hellfighters left alive. so that was

> and also this weekend a panel discussion on the black power movement with actor and producer danny glover, kathleen cleaver and brian jones. for more information, visit us online at booktv.org. >> steven pressfield talks about the six-day war between israel and its arab neighbors in june 1967. he tells the history of the war through the words of israeli soldiers who fought on the front lines. this 50-minute program is next on booktv. [applause] >> thank you, guys, for coming out on this hot night. what am i going to do? i'll just try to, you know, maybe do about 20 minutes, and then we'll just talk, you know, and questions and stuff, and i'll try and tell you about how this book came to be written and then sort of a little what it's about since the six-day war's sort of obscure, i think, in most people's minds. let me tell you about my own self as a jew, my background as a jew. [laughter] i found out that i was jewish when i was 13 years old. and that is not as uncommon as it might be. but that was kind of a shock, you know? when my dad laid that one on me. so i sort of decided at that po

but i don't know if you remember this, tnt made buffalo soldiers, danny glover, and i thought it was tnt but i think spike lee just directed me. it was hbo that made the original tuskegee airmen. not read tales. the original tuskegee airmen with troop including judy. these movies came out within a year of each other. it was an eye-opener because i thought this is a moment, and opportunity for african-american military movies. so i decided to write a screenplay, "the harlem hellfighters" and the was a lot back then. the first book i bought off a new website called amazon.com was like this big. but then i found this amazing book called from harlem to the rhine. that was an original memoir of a guy who actually fought. so i read that. i got a cd recording of the original music from the regimental band them one of the founding fathers of jazz, so most amazing jazz lyrics i've ever heard. war lyrics, poetry. and i also got a documentary from 1970s called the men of bronze, one of the last two hellfighters left alive. that was my core research material. i wrote the script, went to tnt -- k

and a panel discussion on the black power movement with actor and producer danny glover, kathleen cleaver and brian jones. for more information on this weekend's television schedule visit us online at booktv.org. >> here's a look at the upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. this weekend booktv is talking with authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual trade show book expo america. what booktv coming weeks to see these interviews and more. on june 7th and eighth we are live from the chicago tribune literature fest, the weekend also features the first sacramento black book fair. on saturday june 21st of franklin roosevelt presidential library will hold their eleventh annual roosevelt reading festival which features numerous author talks, look for coverage of the roosevelt reading festival on a future weekend. let us know about book fairs and festivals happening in your area and we will lead them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> one of the stories that resonated with me was the moment they are dithering about whether or not