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Chicago’s advance screening of EPIX original series “Godfather of Harlem”
September 18, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
GODFATHER OF HARLEM is a 10-episode, hour-long drama series inspired by the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X (Nigél Thatch) – catching Malcolm’s political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart. GODFATHER OF HARLEM is a collision of the criminal underworld and the civil rights movement during one of the most tumultuous times in American history.
Co-created By: Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein (Narcos)
Executive Produced By: Forest Whitaker
Chris Brancato
Paul Eckstein
Nina Yang Bongiovi
James Acheson
Markuann Smith
Cast: Forest Whitaker
Vincent D’Onofrio
lfenesh Hadera
Nigél Thatch
Paul Sorvino
Chazz Palminteri
Giancarlo Esposito
Lucy Fry
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy