"the god father of harlem." let's take a look. >> it's been a long time, joseph. >> welcome back. >> just because you pay sugar, don't think you can play me. >> i heard you got out, brother. >> what is it that you want from me? >> there is something i want you to see. >> more hero win comes out of any other place than harlem. >> it wasn't like this when i went away. >> setting down drug corners is the nation's cause. >> i got guns. >> i got soldiers. >> forest whitaker, it's great to have you here. >> it's great to be here. >> how do you approach this character playing this gangster. >> bobby johnson was the godfather of harlem, a notorious gangster. so i got a chance to look at his criminal records, look at his poetry and try to look historically what's going on. because this piece kind of marries like criminal world with the civil rights movement and also the political system that's going on in the country at the time. >> you are talking about