Just as the 1960s Black political activist and lawmaker Shirley Chisholm was elevated from obscurity by Regina King’s recent biopic “Shirley,” is “The Big Cigar” meant to revive another iconic ‘60s ...

ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They say it's a nation of laws. But what governs everything in the universe is the law of contradictions. It's how I, Huey P. Newton, was set free into a prison.

André Holland as Black Panthers founder Huey P. Newton - Credit: Brendan Adam-Zwelling/Apple TV At one point in the new Apple TV+ miniseries The Big Cigar, Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton ...

Some of you no doubt remember the ubiquitous posters of Black Panther cofounder Huey Newton seated on a thronelike rattan chair in 1967 wearing a natty black beret and black leather jacket while ...

A team of white Hollywood producers fabricate a movie to help the Black Panther co-founder escape to Cuba in this six-parter. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Whether it’s something like ...

Starring André Holland as Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton, The Big Cigar tells the incredible true story of Hollywood revolution meeting social revolution. It’s a wild caper of Black Panther ...

Huey P. Newton is an icon in American history but despite his lasting, impactful legacy, he was also just a man. Alongside co-partner Bobby Seale, the two college students founded what would go on to ...

Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, is getting the Hollywood treatment. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE BIG CIGAR") ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They say it's a nation of laws.

At one point in the new Apple TV+ miniseries The Big Cigar, Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton (André Holland) attends a party and recalls the time he and film producer Bert Schneider ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with André Holland about his starring role as Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton in the Apple TV Plus series... André Holland on playing Huey P. Newton in new series ...