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.
Made in US
9/10
2024
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Episodes
Cast
Ava DuVernay
As Self
Boots Riley
As Self
Charles Burnett
As Self
Charles Lane
As Self
Cheryl Boone Isaacs
As Self
Cheryl Dunye
As Self
Cynthia Erivo
As Self
Darnell Martin
As Self
Donald Bogle
As Self
Elvis Mitchell
As Self
Erika Alexander
As Self
Ernest R. Dickerson
As Self
Forest Whitaker
As Self
Gabrielle Union
As Self
Giancarlo Esposito
As Self
Gina Prince-Bythewood
As Self
Ina Diance Archer
As Self
Issa Rae
As Self
Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
As Self
Jenny Lumet
As Self
Justin Simien
As Self
Kasi Lemmons
As Self
Kevin Willmott
As Self
Kim Taylor-Coleman
As Self
LaKeith Stanfield
As Self
Lena Waithe
As Self
Marci Rodgers
As Self
Maya Cade
As Self
Melina Matsoukas
As Self
Omar Epps
As Self
Patrik-Ian Polk
As Self
Racquel Gates
As Self
Reginald Hudlin
As Self
Ron Magliozzi
As Self
Ryan Coogler
As Self
Stanley Nelson
As Self
Stephanie Allain
As Self
Steven Caple Jr.
As Self
W. Kamau Bell
As Self
William Greaves
As Self (archive footage)
Bert Williams
As Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith
As Self (archive footage)
Oscar Micheaux
As Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson
As Self (archive footage)
Stepin Fetchit
As Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel
As Self (archive footage)
Mo'Nique
As Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
As Self (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
As Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
As Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
As Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
As Self (archive footage)
Melvin Van Peebles
As Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
As Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
As Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
As Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
As Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
As Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor
As Self (archive footage)
Dave Chappelle
As Self (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy
As Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg
As Self (archive footage)
Alice Walker
As Self (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
As Self (archive footage)
Spike Lee
As Self (archive footage)
Sister Souljah
As Self (archive footage)
John Singleton
As Self (archive footage)
Ice Cube
As Self (archive footage)
Denzel Washington
As Self (archive footage)
Albert Hughes
As Self (archive footage)
Allen Hughes
As Self (archive footage)
Julie Dash
As Self (archive footage)
Beyoncé
As Self (archive footage)
Angela Bassett
As Self (archive footage)
Halle Berry
As Self (archive footage)
Tyler Perry
As Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
As Self (archive footage)
April Reign
As Self (archive footage)
Barry Jenkins
As Self (archive footage)
Dee Rees
As Self (archive footage)
George Perry Floyd Jr.
As Self (archive footage)
Jordan Peele
As Self (archive footage)
Daniel Kaluuya
As Self (archive footage)
Chadwick Boseman
As Self (archive footage)
Viola Davis
As Self (archive footage)
Taraji P. Henson
As Self (archive footage)
Octavia Spencer
As Self (archive footage)
Cord Jefferson
As Self (archive footage)
Warren Beatty
As Self (archive footage)
Faye Dunaway
As Self (archive footage)
Kwame Ture
As Self (archive footage)
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