Godfather of Harlem

From Chris Brancato, creator of Narcos and Hotel Cocaine, Season 4 stars Academy® Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, alongside Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Erik LaRay Harvey, Michael Raymond James, Elvis Nolasco, and Erik Palladino, and introduces Frank Lucas portrayed by Daytime Emmy® Award-winning actor Rome Flynn. The first three seasons are currently available to stream on MGM+. In Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) continues his bloody war for control of Harlem against New York’s Mafia families, while contending with the arrival of gangster Frank Lucas (Rome Flynn). After Malcolm X’s (Jason Alan Carvell) tragic assassination, Bumpy must also grapple with his daughter Elise’s (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy) involvement with the Black Panthers. Produced by 20th Television, the series is executive produced by Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, Markuann Smith, Ray Quinlan, Michael Panes, and Stephen Schiff, with Swizz Beatz serving as executive music producer.

SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL WILL PREMIERE THE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF SEASON 4 OF THIS EXPLOSIVE DRAMA.

In Attendance: Rome Flynn, Michael Panes and the show’s creator, show runner, producer and writer Chris Brancato