The story of Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party, who was assassinated in 1969 by a Cook County tactical unit on the orders of the FBI and Chicago Police Department.
An editor's job is to cut (or aid in cutting) the film into the desired length and order of scenes to tell the story or create the necessary feeling for the film. But they're often unsung heroes of filmmaking. Here's a little light shed on the men and women who help make hours of footage comprehensible.
