Release Date And Contributors Confirmed For Hulu Docuseries "Black Twitter: A People's History"Onyx Collective Announces Release Date and Series Contributors for Hulu Docuseries "Black Twitter: A People's History" from Director Prentice PennyThe Three-Part Docuseries Premieres Thursday, May 9, on HuluOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Hulu Onyx Collective announces series contributors for the Hulu docuseries "Black Twitter: A People's History," including the following: · TJ Adeshola (former head of Global Content Partnerships, Twitter) Produced by A Penny for Your Thoughts, WIRED Studios and Culture House Media, "Black Twitter: A People's History" is set to premiere all episodes Thursday, May 9, on Hulu. Prentice Penny is directing the series, marking the first project with Onyx Collective via his overall deal under the banner of his company, A Penny for Your Thoughts. Based on Jason Parham's WIRED cover story "A People's History of Black Twitter," 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. Executive producers for the docuseries include the following: Director: Prentice Penny (A Penny For Your Thoughts) AboutAbout Onyx CollectiveOnyx 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 Oscar(R)-winning documentary "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)," "Reasonable Doubt," Emmy(R) Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary film "Aftershock," Emmy Award-winning docuseries "The 1619 Project," "Black Twitter: A People's History," "Deli Boys," "Drive with Swizz Beatz," "How to Die Alone,""Queenie," "Ring of Fire: The Life of Annie Mae Aquash," "UnPrisoned" and "Untitled Sly Stone" (working title). The brand's roster of prolific creators also includes Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media ("Black Panther," "Judas and the Black Messiah"); Manolo Caro ("The House of Flowers") and Woo Films; Destin Daniel Cretton ("Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings") and his production company Hisako; Jason Kim ("Barry," "KPOP"); Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Joseph Patel ("Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"); Prentice Penny's Penny for Your Thoughts; Natasha Rothwell ("Insecure," "SNL"); Yara Shahidi with her 7th Sun Production Company; and Erika Green Swafford and her production company, Chocolate Girl Wonder. Follow @OnyxCollective on X, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
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March 8, 2024 6:00pm ET by Newsdesk |