Check out the official trailer and key art for Huluโs upcoming docuseries,โBlack Twitter: A Peopleโs History.โ The three-part series premieres Thursday, May 9 on Hulu
SYNOPSIS:
Based on Jason Parhamโs WIRED cover story โA Peopleโs History of Black Twitter,โ this three-part docuseries charts the rise, movements, voices and memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life.
CREDITS:
- Prentice Penny (A Penny For Your Thoughts)
- Chris Pollack (A Penny For Your Thoughts)
- Alex Soler (A Penny For Your Thoughts)
- Sarah Amos (WIRED Studios)
- Helen Estabrook (WIRED Studios)
- Agnes Chu (WIRED Studios)
- Andrew Whitney (WIRED Studios)
- Raeshem Nijhon (Culture House Media)
- Carri Twigg (Culture House Media)
- Nicole Galovski (Culture House Media)
- Joie Jacoby (Culture House Media)
- Shawna Carroll (Culture House Media)
SERIES CONTRIBUTORS
- TJ Adeshola (former head of Global Content Partnerships, Twitter)
- W. Kamau Bell (comedian; director, โWe Need to Talk About Cosbyโ)
- Dr. Andrรฉ Brock (communications professor; author, โDistributed Blackness: African American Cyberculturesโ)
- Rembert Browne (journalist; former director of Product and Community, Twitter)
- Dr. Meredith Clark (journalism professor; creator, โArchiving Black Twitterโ)
- Kid Fury (TV writer and host, โThe Readโ)
- Roxane Gay (author; cultural critic, The New York Times)
- Jemele Hill (author, journalist)
- Sam Jay (comedian, writer)
- Brad Jenkins (former associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, 2011-2015)
- Brandon โJinxโ Jenkins (journalist, host, creative director)
- Luvvie Ajayi Jones (New York Times bestselling author)
- Shamika Klassen (researcher, scholar, โBlack Twitter Is Goldโ)
- Van Lathan (cultural critic; host, โHigher Learningโ)
- Jamilah Lemieux (cultural critic, writer)
- Wesley Lowery (journalist; author, โAmerican Whitelashโ)
- Ira Madison III (TV writer; host, โKeep It!โ)
- Judnick Mayard (TV writer, producer)
- Jason Parham (senior writer, WIRED)
- April Reign (creative consultant; creator, #OscarsSoWhite)
- God-is Rivera (former global director of Culture and Community, Twitter)
- Amanda Seales (comedian, activist, host โSmall Dosesโ podcast)
- Denver Sean (senior editor, LoveBScott.com)
- Baratunde Thurston (comedian; host, โHow To Citizen with Baratundeโ)
- Ashley Weatherspoon (producer; writer, DearYoungQueen.com)
- Raquel Willis (author, activist, media strategist)
- J Wortham (journalist, The New York Times Magazine)
About Onyx Collective
Onyx Collective is a premium content brand under Disney Entertainment Television, with programming exclusively available to stream on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories. Onyx Collective curates globally entertaining stories by creators of color and underrepresented voices, all with a culturally specific point of view, including Oscarยฎ-winning documentary โSummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),โ โReasonable Doubt,โ EmmyยฎAward-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary film โAftershock,โ Emmy Award-winning docuseries โThe 1619 Project,โ โBlack Twitter: A Peopleโs History,โ โDeli Boys,โ โDrive with Swizz Beatz,โ โHow to Die Alone,โ โQueenie,โ โRing of Fire: The Life of Annie Mae Aquash,โ โUnPrisonedโ and โUntitled Sly Stoneโ (working title).
The brandโs roster of prolific creators also includes Ryan Cooglerโs Proximity Media (โBlack Panther,โ โJudas and the Black Messiahโ); Manolo Caro (โThe House of Flowersโ) and Woo Films; Destin Daniel Cretton (โShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsโ) and his production company Hisako; Jason Kim (โBarry,โ โKPOPโ); Academy Awardยฎ-winning filmmaker Joseph Patel (โSummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)โ); Prentice Pennyโs Penny for Your Thoughts; Natasha Rothwell (โInsecure,โ โSNLโ); Yara Shahidi with her 7th Sun Production Company; and Erika Green Swafford and her production company, Chocolate Girl Wonder.