Don Cheadle To Direct Apple TV Limited Series ‘The Big Cigar’ About Huey P. Newton
Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle will direct and executive produce the first two episodes of Apple TV’s limited series. The Big Cigar, based on the co-founder of Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Huey P. Newton.
The miniseries will include six episodes in partnership with Warner Bros. Television, and Passing actor André Holland is currently in negotiations to take on the lead role.
Newton spent three years in Cuba resulting in his return to America to face federal prosecution for killing a California police officer.
The courts therefore, convicted Newton of voluntary manslaughter. However his sentence was later overturned during his appeal. After being incarcerated for two years (1971) and undergoing trial three times, the court dismissed the charges against the revolutionary. Based on the archives of The New York Times.
Drug dealer Tyrone Robinson, a member of the Black Guerilla Family fatally shot Newton in the face in West Oakland,1989.
Robinson was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison in 1991.
Newton’s resting place is at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.
The series is based on a 2013 Playboy magazine article by Joshuah Bearman titled “The Big Cigar: How a Hollywood producer smuggled Huey Newton to Cuba.”
The feature detailed how Newton escaped to Cuba with the help of Hollywood producer Bert Schneider. Bearman will also executive produce the series.
Janine Sherman Barrois will serve as the showrunner and executive producer. Barrois worked on such shows as Criminal Minds and The Kings of Napa.
The Wonder Years narrator directed four episodes of the Showtime series House of Lies and the 2015 Miles Davisbiopic Miles Ahead.
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