Hollywood Black (2024)

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.

Cast (91)CrewGenresDetailsMediaAwards

Ava DuVernay

Self

Boots Riley

Self

Charles Burnett

Self

Charles Lane

Self

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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

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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

M

Maya Cade

Self

Melina Matsoukas

Self

Omar Epps

Self

Patrik-Ian Polk

Self

R

Racquel Gates

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Self

R

Ron Magliozzi

Self

Ryan Coogler

Self

Stanley Nelson

Self

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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)

Ruby Dee

Self (archive footage)

Roger Ebert

Self (archive footage)

Richard Pryor

Self (archive footage)

Dave Chappelle

Self (archive footage)

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