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Gbenga Akinnagbe
Gbenga Akinnagbe is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles in popular television series such as The Wire, The Deuce, and The Good Wife. Akinnagbe is also an advocate for social justice causes, including gun control and racial equality.
Titles credited to Gbenga Akinnagbe
The Old Man
Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile...
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The Savages
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Passing
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
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Crown Heights
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
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Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn
Standup special recorded at Union Hall in Brooklyn.
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Knucklehead
When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodar...
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The Hammer
When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning...
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Detour
A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.
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Reopening Night
This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater...
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Big Words
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30s, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
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