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Encyclopedia > A Huey P. Newton Story
A Huey P. Newton Story

The poster for A Huey P. Newton Story.
Directed by Spike Lee
Produced by Steven Adams
Marc Henry Johnson
Written by Roger Guenveur Smith
Starring Roger Guenveur Smith
Music by Marc Anthony Thompson
Distributed by Starz! Network
Release date(s) June 8, 2001
Running time 86 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

A Huey P. Newton Story is a 2001 film directed by Spike Lee. The film is a sort of play and it only stars Roger Guenveur Smith. Smith sits in a chair on a stage and tells about the past, mostly dealing with Huey P. Newton's life and times. The film aired on Starz! and its subsidiaries. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ... Roger Guenveur Smith in Final Destination (2000) Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1959 in Berkeley, California) is an American writer, director, and actor. ... Chocolate Genius, Inc. ... Starz (originally Starz!, it dropped the exclamation point in 2005) is a US pay TV network which features mainly first-run motion pictures. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ... Roger Guenveur Smith in Final Destination (2000) Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1959 in Berkeley, California) is an American writer, director, and actor. ... Dr. Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989), was co-founder and inspirational leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a black nationalist/racial equality organization that began in October 1966. ... Starz is a US pay TV network which features mainly first-run motion pictures. ...


The film was nominated for three awards and won two of them. The film won an award at the Banff Television Festival and a Peabody Award. It was nominated for an Image Award. The Banff television festival recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary as Canadas premier internation event celebrating television and new media. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly referred to as the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. ... The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ...


In 2005, "A Huey P. Newton Story" arrived on Canadian home video shelves for the first time, following months of discussions and planning between hip-hop activist Raoul S. Juneja (a.k.a. Deejay Ra) and acclaimed Urban Works/Ventura Canada imprint.


External Links

A Huey P. Newton Story at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about motion pictures, actors, movie stars, TV shows, TV stars, production crew personnel, movie pictures, cast, crew as well as video games. ...



 
 

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