The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the camera and on the screen. From blackface to Black Panther, this series is a definitive chronicle of more than a century of the black experience in Hollywood and a powerful reexamination of a quintessentially American story – in brilliant color.
Ava DuVernay
Boots Riley
Charles Burnett
Charles Lane
Cheryl Boone Isaacs
Cheryl Dunye
Cynthia Erivo
Darnell Martin
Donald Bogle
Elvis Mitchell
Erika Alexander
Ernest R. Dickerson
Forest Whitaker
Gabrielle Union
Giancarlo Esposito
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Ina Diance Archer
Issa Rae
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
Jenny Lumet
Justin Simien
Kasi Lemmons
Kevin Willmott
Kim Taylor-Coleman
LaKeith Stanfield
Lena Waithe
Marci Rodgers
Maya Cade
Melina Matsoukas
Omar Epps
Patrik-Ian Polk
Racquel Gates
Reginald Hudlin
Ron Magliozzi
Ryan Coogler
Stanley Nelson
Stephanie Allain
Steven Caple Jr.
W. Kamau Bell
William Greaves
Bert Williams
D.W. Griffith
Oscar Micheaux
Paul Robeson
Stepin Fetchit
Hattie McDaniel
Mo'Nique
Lena Horne
Jackie Robinson
Sidney Poitier
Martin Luther King Jr.
Harry Belafonte
Melvin Van Peebles
Walter Cronkite
Robert F. Kennedy
Jesse Jackson
Stokely Carmichael
Ruby Dee
Roger Ebert
Richard Pryor
Dave Chappelle
Eddie Murphy
Whoopi Goldberg
Alice Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Spike Lee
Sister Souljah
John Singleton
Ice Cube
Denzel Washington
Albert Hughes
Allen Hughes
Julie Dash
Beyoncé
Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
Tyler Perry
Barack Obama
April Reign
Barry Jenkins
Dee Rees
George Perry Floyd Jr.
Jordan Peele
Daniel Kaluuya
Chadwick Boseman
Viola Davis
Taraji P. Henson
Octavia Spencer
Cord Jefferson
Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway