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The Big Cigar

"Lights. Camera. Revolution."

2024- 2024

1 Seasons

6 Episodes

5.3(21 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba.

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Apple TV

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Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television

Epic

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

André Holland

André Holland

Huey P. Newton

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Bert Schneider

Tiffany Boone

Tiffany Boone

Gwen Fontaine

P.J. Byrne

P.J. Byrne

Steve Blauner

Marc Menchaca

Marc Menchaca

Agent Sydney Clark

Moses Ingram

Moses Ingram

Teressa Dixon

Jaime Ray Newman

Jaime Ray Newman

Roz Torrance

Hudson Robert Wurster

Hudson Robert Wurster

Michael Torrance

Rebecca Dalton

Rebecca Dalton

Jessica

Inny Clemons

Inny Clemons

Richard Pryor

Creative team

Created by: Jim Hecht
Showrunner: Arthur Spector
Jim Hecht
Produced by: Adam Ben Frank

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