A Huey P. Newton Story

Name: A Huey P. Newton Story
Genre: Biography, Drama, Documentary
Released: June 18, 2001
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Eldridge Cleaver, Georgina Ransley, H. Rap Brown, Jim Brown, Kathleen Cleaver

2001

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Starz! Encore Entertainment | Release Date: June 18, 2001 | TV-14

Starring: Eldridge Cleaver, Georgina Ransley, H. Rap Brown, Jim Brown, Kathleen Cleaver, Marlon Brando, Rahum Brown, Roger Guenveur Smith, Stokely Carmichael, William F. Buckley

Summary: Originally born in a small town in Louisiana and later moving with his family to Oakland, California as an infant, Huey P. Newton became the co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party.

Director: Spike Lee

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Documentary

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 86 min

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Mark Sachs

Lee and his top-notch production staff employ camera wizardry and lighting techniques to evocative effect, yet manage to never take away from Smith’s performance. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Troy Lambert

Smith relies on the audience’s memory, anger and sense of community to explore a wide range of conflicting facts and emotions. The ambivalent trust forged between performer and audience as they journey through Newton’s story is kinetic and revealing of both sides. Read full review

Anita Gates

The production doesn't resolve the paradoxes in Newton's life, but it does give viewers some idea of what it might have been like to be inside his head. Read full review

Allan Johnson

By bringing Newton alive, Smith opens the door for further exploration of this colorful, insightful figure. Read full review

Bob Westal

Onscreen, A Huey P. Newton Story is memorable, but it must have been something to see on stage. Roger Guenver Smith gives a striking, extremely physical, performance. Read full review

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