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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
4/25/17
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STATUS:
on hiatus or fate to be determined |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (8 episodes) |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
completed airing its fourth season on 2/22/24; has yet to be renewed for a fifth season |
DESCRIPTION:
(from National Geographic's web site, February 2024) Following Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X from their formative years to their rich, parallel stories as they shape their identities and become the change they wish to see in the world; the two visionaries ultimately rise to pioneer a movement. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Aaron Pierre as Malcolm X
· Jayme Lawson as Betty Shabazz
· Kelvin Harrison, Jr. as Martin Luther King, Jr.
· Ron Cephas Jones
· Weruche Opia as Coretta Scott King
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RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Alessio Scalzotto as 14-year-old Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
· Alex Rich as Young Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
· Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
· Clémence Poésy as Françoise Gilot (Season 2)
· Courtney B. Vance as C. L. Franklin (Season 3)
· Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin (Season 3)
· David Cross as Jerry Wexler (Season 3)
· Emily Watson as Elsa Einstein (Season 1)
· Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein (Season 1)
· Gwendolyn Ellis as Young Elsa Einstein (Season 1)
· Johnny Flynn as Young Albert Einstein (Season 1)
· Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Ruth Bowen (Season 3)
· Malcolm Barrett as Ted White (Season 3)
· Michael McElhatton as Philipp Lenard (Season 1)
· Nikki Hahn as Young Mileva Marić (Season 1)
· Patrice Covington as Erma Franklin (Season 3)
· Ralph Brown as Max Planck (Season 1)
· Rebecca Naomi Jones as Carolyn Franklin (Season 3)
· Richard Topol as Fritz Haber (Season 1)
· Samantha Colley as Dora Maar (Season 2)
· Samantha Colley as Mileva Marić (Season 1)
· Shaian Jordan as Little Re (Season 3)
· Timothy Lyons as 9-year-old Pablo Picasso (Season 2)
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Alan Polsky as EP
· Brian Grazer as EP
· Chris Cooney as EP
· Clive Davis as EP
· Francie Calfo as EP
· Gabe Polsky as EP
· Gigi Pritzker as EP
· Jeff Cooney as EP
· John Valentine as EP
· Kenneth Biller as CRTR/EP
· Noah Pink as BOOK/CRTR/EP
· Rachel Shane as EP
· Ron Howard as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Sam Sokolow as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
· EUE / Sokolow
· Imagine Television
· MWM Studios
· Paperboy Productions
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