Hollywood Black

Reclaiming the story.

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.

Documentary

Ava DuVernay

(Self)

Boots Riley

(Self)

Charles Burnett

(Self)

Charles Lane

(Self)

Cheryl Boone Isaacs

(Self)

Cheryl Dunye

(Self)

Cynthia Erivo

(Self)

Darnell Martin

(Self)

Donald Bogle

(Self)

Elvis Mitchell

(Self)

Erika Alexander

(Self)

Ernest R. Dickerson

(Self)

Forest Whitaker

(Self)

Gabrielle Union

(Self)

Giancarlo Esposito

(Self)

Gina Prince-Bythewood

(Self)

Ina Diance Archer

(Self)

Issa Rae

(Self)

Jacqueline Najuma Stewart

(Self)

Jenny Lumet

(Self)

Justin Simien

(Self)

Kasi Lemmons

(Self)

Kevin Willmott

(Self)

Kim Taylor-Coleman

(Self)

LaKeith Stanfield

(Self)

Lena Waithe

(Self)

Marci Rodgers

(Self)

Maya Cade

(Self)

Melina Matsoukas

(Self)

Omar Epps

(Self)

Patrik-Ian Polk

(Self)

Racquel Gates

(Self)

Reginald Hudlin

(Self)

Ron Magliozzi

(Self)

Ryan Coogler

(Self)

Stanley Nelson

(Self)

Stephanie Allain

(Self)

Steven Caple Jr.

(Self)

W. Kamau Bell

(Self)

William Greaves

(Self (archive footage))

Bert Williams

(Self (archive footage))

D.W. Griffith

(Self (archive footage))

Oscar Micheaux

(Self (archive footage))

Paul Robeson

(Self (archive footage))

Stepin Fetchit

(Self (archive footage))

Hattie McDaniel

(Self (archive footage))

Mo'Nique

(Self (archive footage))

Lena Horne

(Self (archive footage))

Jackie Robinson

(Self (archive footage))

Sidney Poitier

(Self (archive footage))

Martin Luther King Jr.

(Self (archive footage))

Harry Belafonte

(Self (archive footage))

Melvin Van Peebles

(Self (archive footage))

Walter Cronkite

(Self (archive footage))

Robert F. Kennedy

(Self (archive footage))

Jesse Jackson

(Self (archive footage))

Stokely Carmichael

(Self (archive footage))

Ruby Dee

(Self (archive footage))

Roger Ebert

(Self (archive footage))

Richard Pryor

(Self (archive footage))

Dave Chappelle

(Self (archive footage))

Eddie Murphy

(Self (archive footage))

Whoopi Goldberg

(Self (archive footage))

Alice Walker

(Self (archive footage))

Oprah Winfrey

(Self (archive footage))

Spike Lee

(Self (archive footage))

Sister Souljah

(Self (archive footage))

John Singleton

(Self (archive footage))

Ice Cube

(Self (archive footage))

Denzel Washington

(Self (archive footage))

Albert Hughes

(Self (archive footage))

Allen Hughes

(Self (archive footage))

Julie Dash

(Self (archive footage))

Beyoncé

(Self (archive footage))

Angela Bassett

(Self (archive footage))

Halle Berry

(Self (archive footage))

Tyler Perry

(Self (archive footage))

Barack Obama

(Self (archive footage))

April Reign

(Self (archive footage))

Barry Jenkins

(Self (archive footage))

Dee Rees

(Self (archive footage))

George Perry Floyd Jr.

(Self (archive footage))

Jordan Peele

(Self (archive footage))

Daniel Kaluuya

(Self (archive footage))

Chadwick Boseman

(Self (archive footage))

Viola Davis

(Self (archive footage))

Taraji P. Henson

(Self (archive footage))

Octavia Spencer

(Self (archive footage))

Cord Jefferson

(Self (archive footage))

Warren Beatty

(Self (archive footage))

Faye Dunaway

(Self (archive footage))