Harlem's mine times have changed in his newest role Forest Whitaker brings the
heat how does it feel to be on television
I mean you're a movie star a movie star but far from acting like one felt like I
was making uh independent film yeah yeah I will shut down all your spots just
like I did Whitaker is both actor and executive
producer in the new epic series Godfather of Harlem cut it out he's made
it's a real-life story of gangster Ellsworth bumpy Johnson who ruled Harlem
from the 1930s to the 1960s as an associate of Charles Lucky Luciano
this is bumpy Johnson his legend Johnson was a crime boss who wasn't always what
he seemed runs the sort of crime scene including numbers running drugs but he's
also deep family man he's a poet he's chess player he's complicated one
hand he's a this crime lord who did all these things in the city in the city and
on another he's somebody who like seems people to college and tries to make sure
the people's lives revered oh and Charlie you just got into Morehouse a
little short on funds but you Johnson's been fictionalized before I
don't know why you make me come to these things to coach her you bump me but this
time viewers see an older version just new you'll get right back into this many
things after a decade behind bars for drug conspiracy he's out now he's trying
to figure out who's taking over his territories how I can get them back what
the maneuvers are gonna be the strategies and how I can keep himself
safe and alive nothing goes down from 110th to 116th and as I get my car
he's juxtaposed against two very famous other characters Malcolm X mm-hmm
and Adam Clayton Powell the audition right hello Evan Powell
it's been a long time Joseph welcome back
what's happening YouTube to all my power fans if you're not watching Godfather
Harlem you are definitely missing out on a great show that runs same steps with
power only it's a more dramatized version of a real New York kingpin
during the civil rights era fantastic show I've caught one episode and I will
go back and review it but for those of you that have never heard of it you
haven't given it a chance I wanted to start the series from the beginning so
in this video we're gonna watch the trailer and then we're just going to
talk about why you should watch it if you're finding me for the first time
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I just knew you'll get right back into the story Thanks
this is bumpy Johnson is alleged he took on Dutch Schultz back in the day putting
things back to Whitworth tides have changed
mm-hmm-hmm in a long time just welcome back just got your call from Shelby
think you could play me I heard you got out brother what is it you want some
there's something I want you to see more heroin comes out of these project
hours than any other place in Harlem yeah we're waiting sitting down drill
corners of the nation's cause I got good
please play all of us the box
serious problem on your hands queer trade war he writes we can control the
streets without drugs if you go after shin anything can happen
I want to get better fucking what you put this to you so you're a black
supremacist white supremacist you're more common than you think
every one of these men will die for what they believe the old man willing to do
things probably not matter the violence we have
finished this owl in the clashes cane it's mine
we must fighting a system of oppression
as a legacy whether they wanna what is yours no doubt so that's it ladies and
gentlemen and if you think that that trailer is full of drama you've got to
catch this it is on FX this is a very well done series in part produced and
written by Forest Whitaker the Academy Award winner himself me and my wife have
watched one and a half episodes and we couldn't take our eyes off the show it
also highlights some of the issues african-americans went through during
the civil rights era trying to do things illegally which means you've got your
own set of problems because you can't trust anybody everything you're doing is
illegal somebody can run to the police but you also had crooked cops during
that era you had people just out on the street willing to be informant it was
just a mess and somehow another he was able to put together our Empire in the
crux of all that all my rubbing elbows with state politicians Muhammad Ali
Malcolm X and he became the first what they're saying
underground millionaire and then some people are saying it was a whole lot of
millions and Forest Whitaker brings this character to life now like I said in the
beginning of my video he's been portrayed before but not to the extent
of when he's ready to get out the game after he had to serve ten years in jail
for not snitching now he's coming back he's regaining power and they're going
through how he had the confliction of he wanted to leave a positive legacy even
though he made his money through ill-gotten gains and so ladies and
gentlemen we will be reviewing this show I want to hear from you all leave me
comments if you caught any of the episodes how do you feel about it and
how do you feel that compares to power Ray Donovan and some of the other great
crime shows we've seen in this current era of TV shows that's gonna do it for
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