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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Lee and his top-notch production staff employ camera wizardry and lighting techniques to evocative effect, yet manage to never take away from Smith’s performance.
- 80The New York TimesAnita GatesThe New York TimesAnita GatesThe production doesn't resolve the paradoxes in Newton's life, but it does give viewers some idea of what it might have been like to be inside his head.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineSmith relies on the audience’s memory, anger and sense of community to explore a wide range of conflicting facts and emotions. The ambivalent trust forged between performer and audience as they journey through Newton’s story is kinetic and revealing of both sides.
- By bringing Newton alive, Smith opens the door for further exploration of this colorful, insightful figure.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatOnscreen, A Huey P. Newton Story is memorable, but it must have been something to see on stage. Roger Guenver Smith gives a striking, extremely physical, performance.