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  2. The Big Cigar: Created by Jim Hecht. With André Holland, Alessandro Nivola, Tiffany Boone, P.J. Byrne. Follows Huey P. Newton's life. He escaped to Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder with the help of Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, as well as a few other celebrity radicals.

    • (895)
    • 2024-05-17
    • Biography, Drama, Thriller
    • 2 min
  3. The Big Cigar is a biographical drama thriller miniseries developed by Jim Hecht, based on the 2012 Playboy article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman. Following the events of the Black Panther Party in 1970s, the series is about party founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to Cuba with the help of Bert Schneider for an elaborate plan.

  4. Apr 24, 2024 · The Black Panther Party, a fake movie production, and a nationwide manhunt. This is the true story of Huey P. Newton's escape to Cuba. The Big Cigar is now s...

    • 2 min
    • 215.7K
    • Apple TV
  5. May 17, 2024 · André Holland and Alessandro Nivola in "The Big Cigar," premiering May 17, 2024, on Apple TV+. Apple TV+. “The Big Cigar” stood for Cuba. Schneider nicknamed Newton “the Star” and dubbed ...

  6. May 16, 2024 · Watch The Big Cigar - Apple TV+. 7 days free, then $9.99/month. Accept Free Trial. Add to Up Next. Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba. Drama 2024.

  7. Mar 14, 2024 · The Big Cigar‘s showrunner is NAACP Image Award winner Janine Sherman Barrois (“Claws,” “The Kings of Napa”) and Jim Hecht (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”) penned the show’s first episode. The series hails from Warner Bros. Television, where Barrois and her Folding Chair Productions are under an overall deal.

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  9. With Andre Holland ("The Eddy," "Moonlight") in discussions to star as Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton, The Big Cigar tells the extraordinary, hilarious, almost-too-good-to-be-true story of how Newton relied on his best friend, Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind "Easy Rider," to elude a nationwide manhunt and escape to Cuba while ...

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