Calculated Moves: Behind the scenes of Godfather of Harlem Season 2

Calculated Moves: Behind the scenes of Godfather of Harlem Season 2

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Brie Clayton May 21, 2021

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Cinematographer Jack Donnelly discusses windowing DXL2 for 6K capture and pairing the camera with Super 35-format Primo lenses for Godfather of Harlem Season 2.

When Godfather of Harlem Season 2 begins, it's February 1964, and the series' eponymous gangster, Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), has been in hiding for three months while notorious mafioso Vincent Chin Gigante (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his men scour New York City for him. Behind the scenes, cinematographer Jack Donnelly was again behind the camera following his work on Season 1, returning to shoot Episodes 1, 4, 6, 8 and 10 of the second season, with cinematographer Jay Feather photographing the remainder.

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