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The Big Cigar
Lights. Camera. Revolution.
- 15
- TV series
- 2024
- 1 season
- Apple TV
- Drama
5.3 TMDB worldwide · 21 ratings
Story
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.
About the show
The Big Cigar is a 2024 biographical drama television miniseries developed by Jim Hecht, based on the 2012 Playboy article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman. Following the events of the Black Panther Party in 1970s, the series is about party founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to Cuba with the help of Bert Schneider for an elaborate plan.
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The miniseries stars André Holland, Alessandro Nivola, Tiffany Boone, P. J. Byrne, and Marc Menchaca. The Big Cigar premiered its first two episodes on Apple TV+ on May 17, 2024, and received generally positive reviews from critics. The series concluded on June 14, 2024.
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Star cast
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Behind the camera
- Created by
- Jim Hecht
- Executive producers
- Jim Hecht, Janine Sherman Barrois, Joshuah Bearman +2 more
- Music
- Robert Glasper
Seasons
Ended 2024 · 1 season · 6 episodes
Videos
Trailers, featurettes, clips and behind the scenes
