Black Hercules

Black Hercules

2024 · 9 min · Documentary

Black Hercules is a soulfully candid pilgrimage into the life and times of street bodybuilder, Craig Monson—and the social dichotomy of Black LA that made him into a legend.

Directed by Rodney Lucas

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