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
A Cross the Universe (2008)
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Snowden’s Great Escape (2015)
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American Grindhouse (2011)
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Messi (2014)
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Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind (2005)
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
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The Phoenix Lights…We Are Not Alone (2005)
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American Swing (2008)
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Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)
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Millhouse (1971)
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Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens – A Life in Animation (2000)
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Survivor’s Guide to Prison (2018)
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