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Series Details & Credits
| Apple TV+ | Release Date: May 16, 2024 |
Summary:
Wanted by the FBI, Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton (André Holland) gets help from Easy Rider producer Bert Schneider (Alessandro Nivola) to escape to Cuba in the six-episode limited series based on Joshuah Bearman's Playboy article of the same name.
Creator:
Jim Hecht
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense
Recent Episodes
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S1:E6. The Pirate
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E5. Lost Paradise
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E4. What Are Friends For?
Air Date: November 30, -0001
Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
May 16, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The Big Cigar works on multiple levels. It’s a retro action thriller. It’s a fictional representation of American history and the biography of a countercultural giant. It’s a showcase for Nivola, Boone, and especially Holland, who balances Huey’s intelligence, courage, and post-traumatic paranoia. There’s humor in the culture clash between revolutionaries and Hollywood types.
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May 16, 2024
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
The Observer (UK)
Sep 10, 2024
The Playlist
May 17, 2024
May 16, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The Big Cigar, unfortunately, seems most interested in Huey the icon, to the point where it all but ignores any details of the murder of which he was accused. (Nor, in the closing titles about what happened to everyone after the events of the series, does it get into the allegations that the Panthers later attempted to murder a witness in the case to prevent her from testifying against Newton.) Such messiness comes across as incidental to the magic-of-the-movies hooey that suffuses The Big Cigar.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: May 16, 2024
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S1:E6. The Pirate
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E5. Lost Paradise
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E4. What Are Friends For?
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E3. Guns & Matzah
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E2. The Cuban
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E1. Panther / Producer
Air Date: May 16, 2024
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Season 1 Overview