Godfather of Harlem
2019, Series, 55 min, Crime, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 78
Harlem is mine.
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, 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 attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Directed by Guillermo Navarro, Joe Chappelle, Carl Seaton, Marisol Adler, Rob Greenlea, Lily Mariye, Ernest Dickerson, Tanya Hamilton, John Ridley, Jack Donnelly
Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
- Ilfenesh Hadera as Mayme Johnson
- Lucy Fry as Stella Gigante
- Antoinette Crowe-Legacy as Elise Johnson
- Erik LaRay Harvey as Del Chance
- Elvis Nolasco as Nat Pettigrew
- Markuann Smith as Junie Byrd
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante
- Demi Singleton as Margaret Johnson
- Giancarlo Esposito as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
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