Marlon Brando a friend of founder Bobby Seale. Brando ended his financial support for the group over his perception of its increasing radicalization, specifically a passage in a Panther pamphlet put out by Eldridge Cleaver advocating indiscriminate violence, "for the Revolution." At the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, Brando refused to accept the Oscar for his performance in "The Godfather". Sacheen Littlefeather represented him at the ceremony. She appeared in full Apache attire and stated that owing to the "poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry", Brando would not accept the award. This occurred while the standoff at Wounded Knee was
Marlon Brando was stolen. Much later, it turned up at a London auction house, which contacted the actor and informed him of its whereabouts. Brando would later say in his 2015 documentary, "Listen to me Marlon", that he felt the part in "On the Waterfront" that won him an Oscar was to him personally, not good, and that he knew he had done better acting. In the behind the scenes of "On the Waterfront" film experts and critics would say he would change lines because he didn't like the script, and that he'd let the director know by having regular conversations. However,