Allen Hughes

filmmaker and director

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Director Allen Hughes discusses his five-part FX documentary series “Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” and his relationship with the late rapper.

Exploring Tupac’s duality and contradictions in ‘Dear Mama’

Director Allen Hughes discusses his five-part FX documentary series “Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” and his relationship with the late rapper.

from The Business

Director Allen Hughes credits real life experience in the making of The Defiant Ones.

Allen Hughes: The Defiant Ones

Director Allen Hughes credits real life experience in the making of The Defiant Ones.

from The Treatment

The new four-part documentary series The Defiant Ones  on HBO traces the rise of music titans Jimmy Iovine and Dr.

Director Allen Hughes on 'The Defiant Ones'

The new four-part documentary series The Defiant Ones  on HBO traces the rise of music titans Jimmy Iovine and Dr.

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