Miniseries · Apple TV
The Big Cigar
Lights. Camera. Revolution.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
André Holland
Huey P. Newton
6 eps
Alessandro Nivola
Bert Schneider
6 eps
Tiffany Boone
Gwen Fontaine
6 eps
P.J. Byrne
Steve Blauner
6 eps
Marc Menchaca
Agent Sydney Clark
6 eps
Moses Ingram
Teressa Dixon
6 eps
Jaime Ray Newman
Roz Torrance
6 eps
Hudson Robert Wurster
Michael Torrance
6 eps
Rebecca Dalton
Jessica
6 eps
Inny Clemons
Richard Pryor
6 eps
Noah Emmerich
Stanley Schneider
6 eps
Olli Haaskivi
Artie Ross
6 eps
Jordane Christie
Bobby Seale
6 eps
Glynn Turman
Walter
6 eps
Courtney Friel
Journalist
6 eps
The story
What it's about
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.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Don CheadleExecutive Producer
- Janine Sherman BarroisExecutive Producer
- Joshua DavisExecutive Producer
- Joshuah BearmanExecutive Producer
- Jim HechtExecutive Producer
- Arthur SpectorExecutive Producer
Direction
- Don CheadleDirector
- Tiffany JohnsonDirector
- Damon ThomasDirector
Cinematography
- Suki MedencevicDirector of Photography
- Carmen CabanaDirector of Photography
- Mirosław BaszakDirector of Photography
Music
- Robert GlasperOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Apple TVStreaming
- Apple TV Amazon ChannelStreaming
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