Apple TV+ is releasing a historical thriller about the founder of the Black Panther Party

Apple's new drama tells a wild and 'mostly true' story about the founder of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton.

Remember all the dismissiveness and whispers that were prevalent back in the early days of Apple TV+? There was a time, for example, when the rumor mill was pretty much in stitches over chatter that Apple executives were meddling in series to water them down, to the point of essentially trying to position the nascent streamer as NBC Lite.

Image Award winner Janine Sherman Barrois is the showrunner for The Big Cigar, which debuts on Apple TV+ on May 17 with its first two episodes. The cast includes Andre Holland as Newton, and he stars alongside Alessandro Nivola, Tiffany Boone, P. J. Byrne, Marc Menchaca, Moses Ingram, Rebecca Dalton, Olli Haaskivi, Jordane Christie and Glynn Turman. New episodes will debut every Friday through June 14.

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