André Holland fights the power and impacts Hollywood’s framework in his role as real-life figure Huey P. Newton in Apple TV+’s “The Big Cigar,” which marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board ...

Long before “fake news,” “The Big Cigar” looks back to the time of a fake movie – specifically, one designed to provide Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton cover to flee America for Cuba. Yet ...

While much attention is paid to the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party hasn’t been as closely examined in popular culture. Apple TV+‘s “The Big Cigar” is adapted from Joshuah Bearman’s ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with André Holland about his starring role as Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton in the Apple TV Plus series "The Big Cigar." ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They ...

Huey P. Newton is an icon in American history but despite his lasting, impactful legacy, he was also just a man. Alongside co-partner Bobby Seale, the two college students founded what would go on to ...

ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They say it's a nation of laws. But what governs everything in the universe is the law of contradictions. It's how I, Huey P. Newton, was set free into a prison.

Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, is getting the Hollywood treatment. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE BIG CIGAR") ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They say it's a nation of laws.