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A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)

Genre : Documentary, Drama

Runtime : 1H 26M

Director : Spike Lee

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Roger Guenveur Smith
Roger Guenveur Smith
Huey P. Newton
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
H. Rap Brown
H. Rap Brown
Jim Brown
Jim Brown
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael
Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King
Huey P.  Long
Huey P. Long
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Angela Davis
Angela Davis

Crews

Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Director
Roger Guenveur Smith
Roger Guenveur Smith
Writer
Barry Alexander Brown
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Ellen Kuras
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
Marc Anthony Thompson
Marc Anthony Thompson
Original Music Composer

Posters and backgrounds

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