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Inspired by the true story of crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960’s, returns home from ten years in prison and must fight to regain control of the streets he once ruled.
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Trailers & Extras
New Harlem
Bumpy plans to build a new club in Harlem but must find a way to finance it without the heroin business; Elise testifies in the Malcolm X murder trial when three innocent men are accused; Stella negotiates a business deal between Colombo and Chin.
EPISODE 1 • 48m
Country Boy
Bumpy must turn the Five Families against Chin when he violates their peace agreement; he tasks newcomer Frank Lucas with robbing a shipment of Gigante heroin; Elise learns of a plot to kill Omar; Stella makes a play to become boss of the family.
EPISODE 2 • 47m
The Straw Man
When the property for Bumpy's new club is being sold to a powerful, white real-estate developer, Bumpy must convince the black "Straw Man" to sell it to him instead; Mayme and Elise stage a protest at Margaret's school.
EPISODE 3 • 50m
Union Blues
Bumpy battles a union strike threatening club construction; Elise bails out a fellow Panther; Frank faces consequences for Cowboy Nick's murder.
EPISODE 4 • 47m
Concrete Jungle
Bumpy must find a new a concrete source. Elise and the Panthers plan a symbolic action against the police. Mayme asks James Baldwin to do a reading.
EPISODE 5 • 48m
Cast
From the co-creator of Narcos comes Godfather of Harlem, a gritty depiction of the collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement, set during one of the most defining times in American history.
The crime drama series takes inspiration from infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, played by the Academy Award-winning Forest Whitaker. After ten years of incarceration, he returns to Harlem to find it in ruins, riddled by a drug epidemic and under the thumb of the Italian mob. In the words of Johnson, “Harlem is a tinderbox, it’s about to explode.”
His battle to regain control of the town intertwines him with Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch), alongside Vincent D’Onofrio, Australia’s own Lucy Fry, Giancarlo Esposito, Paul Sorvino and Ilfenesh Hadera.