Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein’s new EPIX series Godfather of Harlem tells the story of crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), a figure in the early 1960s who returned from a ten-year …
), a figure in the early 1960s who returned from a ten-year stint in jail to find the neighborhood overran by the Italian mob.Malcolm X
, as the two join forces to manage the social upheaval and mob war that looms. In the trailer, Malcolm X says to Johnson, “You have guns, but I have an army.” “Bumpy has his hustle going, and Malcolm has his,” Brancato told Deadline following the TCA afternoon session. Brancato shared with the TCA press corps that as part of the creators’ research about the duo’s unique relationship, they not only combed through various books about Malcolm X and Johnson, interviews were conducted with “surviving heirs” of the two. “The entire goal was to keep the spirit of the time and the characters…we sought to put their attitudes and specific words in their mouths,” says Brancato.
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