A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
A Huey P. Newton Story is a 2001 film directed by Spike Lee. It is a filmed performance of Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man show of the same name. Smith sits in a chair on a stage and tells about the past, mostly dealing with Huey P. Newton’s life and times.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Eldridge Cleaver, H. Rap Brown, Huey P. Long, Jim Brown, Kathleen Cleaver, Malcolm X, Marlon Brando, Martin Luther King, Roger Guenveur Smith, Stokely Carmichael
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