The adaptation of historian Donald Bogle's eponymous book will chronicle the experience of Black creatives in the entertainment industry over the course of a century.
Simien and Kyle Laursen from Culture Machine, Whitaker and Yang Bongiovi from Significant Productions and Dave Sirulnick, Stacey Reiss and Jon Kamen from RadicalMedia will all executive produce. Amy Goodman Kass will serve as showrunner as Simien directs.
“Hollywood, like many American industries, was built on Black culture and Black talent, even though it excluded Black people from many of its origin stories,” Simien stated. “This series seeks to illuminate present-day controversies, from #OscarSoWhite to the almost regular ‘blackface reveal’ of prominent white celebrities, told through the lens of Black individuals throughout Hollywood history.” Simien called it “the most important story I’ve been able to tell to date.
Bogle, a prominent historian of Black film history, explored figures like Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Poitier, John Singleton and Barry Jenkins as he told a story from the silent era through to the present day in the book that served as the series’ inspiration., like other recent MGM+ docuseries, is an entertaining and thoughtful look at a vital part of American culture, examining the evolution of Black cinema and the talented artists who built it,” MGM+ head Michael Wright said in a statement.
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