Bill Dukes HOODLUM, with its rich visuals, brutal violence, & moral probing, pays homage to THE GODFATHER & other classic gangster films while exploring the nature of black empowerment as it relates to criminality. The film is Dukes second collaboration with Laurence Fishburne, & as with DEEP COVER, Fishburne delivers a compelling performance. He plays Ellsworth " Bumpy" Johnson, the legendary Harlem gangster of the 1930s who fought Dutch Schultz for control of the numbers racket. Tim Rot