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New Jack City
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama, Crime.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2019 0h 51m / episode USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Shows like
Godfather of Harlem
DramaCrime
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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 take back his piece of Harlem.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Forest Whitaker
Bumpy Johnson
Ilfenesh Hadera
Mayme Johnson
Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent Gigante "The Chin"
Nigel Thatch
Malcolm X
Giancarlo Esposito
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Antoinette Crowe-Legacy
Elise
Paul Sorvino
Frank Costello
Rafi Gavron
Ernie Nunzi