Moses Ingram and André Holland in "The Big Cigar," premiering on Apple TV+.
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'The Big Cigar’ tells the wild story of Huey P. Newton’s fake-movie adventure in Hollywood
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 what should be an enticing mashup of the civil-rights movement and Hollywood in the freewheeling ‘70s doesn’t entirely ignite, in a limited series whose underlying true story packs more of wallop than the finished product.
