 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Johnson akabatana neABC News muna 1968, pakupedzisira achiva mugadziri wekutanga weAfrica-America, mutungamiriri uye munyori wezvinyorwa pane imwe nhepfenyuro. Akakunda rukudzo nokuda kwamagwaro ake Welfare Game uye Strangers in Their Own Land: The Puerto Ricans. Akanga ari mumwe wevaiti vemafirimu vatema vokutanga muDirectors Guild of America ine mukurumbira. Johnson akabva ava munyori wenhau dzepanhepfenyuro uye akafukidza nhau dzakadai sedambudziko reAttica Prisonizvo zvakatungamirira kurufu rwavasungwa 33 uye vakuru vakuru 10 vokururamisa. 