“I made Dear White People, Bad Hair, and Disney Haunted Mansion. My latest series, Hollywood Black, is based on the must-read by national treasure, Donald Bogle, and presents a radically different history of the movies, simply by including Black artists that shaped the art form. Turns out, using mass media to resist Fascism became a highly evolved art form in the hands of some Black Americans before the movies were even born.”
— JUSTIN SIMIEN

Inspired by the book from historian Donald Bogle, this four-part docuseries, directed by Justin Simien, chronicles a century of the Black experience in Hollywood. By unearthing personal stories from actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the camera, and on the screen, the series provides a critical reexamination of a quintessentially American story — in brilliant color.

Featuring Issa Rae, Ana DuVernay, Ryan Coogler, Forest Whitaker, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Lena Waithe, LaKeith Stanfield, Gabrielle Union, and many more luminaries of Black cinema.