Official Trailer For Godfather of Harlem Season 2
EPIX has released an official trailer for the second season of Godfather of Harlem, which will air on April 18.
In addition to Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) as star and executive producer, season 2 sees the return of cast members Vincent D’Onofrio (Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Daredevil), Ilfenesh Hadera (She’s Gotta Have It, Baywatch), Nigél Thatch (Selma, American Dreams), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian), Lucy Fry (Bright, Vampire Academy), Rafi Gavron (A Star is Born), and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy. Cast members Erik LaRay Harvey (Luke Cage) and Demi Singleton (King Richard) have been upped to series regulars.
Godfather of Harlem tells a story inspired by infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from eleven years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X – catching Malcolm’s political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart.
Godfather of Harlem Season 2 finds Bumpy Johnson battling the New York Crime Families for control of the lucrative and murderous “French Connection,” the pipeline for heroin that runs from Marseilles to New York Harbor. With a distribution syndicate that includes black crime bosses from other major U.S. cities, Bumpy takes a cue from his friend Malcolm X’s message of black economic nationalism. His ambitious plan will face challenges from not only the Italians but his wife Mayme, daughter Elise, rival Adam Clayton Powell, prosecutor Robert Morgenthau, and even Malcolm himself. Once again, Godfather of Harlem explores the collision of the criminal underworld and civil rights in the colorful, tumultuous year of 1964.
According to TV Line, among the new cast members for Season 2 are Annabella Sciorra (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) as Fay Bonanno, the wife of mob boss Joe Bonanno who, unlike most mafia wives, is deeply entrenched in her husband’s business; Justin Bartha (The Good Fight) as Robert Morgenthau, the incorruptible U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York who hopes to use Bumpy as an ally in his pursuit of taking down organized crime; Ronald Guttman (All My Children) as Jean Jehan, a ruthless Frenchman responsible for the aforementioned heroin pipeline; Gino Cafarelli as Fat Gino, one of Chin’s henchmen; Isaach De Bankolé (White Collar) as Monsieur 98, a soft spoken chemist known for producing extremely pure heroin.
On the guest star front, meanwhile, Method Man will pop up as Sam Christian, the head of the Philadelphia Black Mafia and a longtime friend of Bumpy’s; Michael Rispoli (The Deuce)will play Joseph Magliocco, the head of the Profaci crime family; and Neal Matarazzo (24) has been cast as police captain Mills, an unrepentant racist but also a pragmatist who puts “green” over black and white.