Hulu, ABC to air '1619 Project' documentary series

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Hulu, ABC to air '1619 Project' documentary series

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism project is headed for Hulu and TV.

 

Story at a glance

• The New York Times’s “The 1619 Project” is headed to production with Hollywood heavyweights at the helm.
• Hulu hasn’t set a release date for the series yet.

 

In this screengrab released on December 19th Oprah Winfrey during Global Citizen Prize Awards Special Honoring Changemakers In 2020

Shaping The World We Want on December 19, 2020 in New York City.

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Movie and television streaming service Hulu has teamed up with Oprah Winfrey to host a documentary series based on “The 1619 Project,” the project helmed by New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones that chronicles the Black American experience and achievements since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the U.S. in 1619.

 

Based on @nhannahjones' impactful and thought-provoking work, The 1619 Project docuseries is coming soon to @hulu! https://t.co/SplrPSScXc pic.twitter.com/eO5BbvsuTU

— Lionsgate TV (@LionsgateTV) April 1, 2021

 

Production company Lionsgate will help develop the series, alongside Winfrey and Hannah-Jones. Roger Ross Williams, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, is slated to direct the series. 

Shoshana Guy, an Emmy nominee and Peabody award winner, will join the series as a showrunner, Deadline confirms. 

“This project will be a showcase of Black stories and Black talent,” Hannah-Jones tweeted on Thursday regarding the forthcoming series.

 

Hulu hasn’t set a release date yet, but Williams took to Twitter to confirm it will also air on ABC.

“The 1619 Project is an essential reframing of American history,” Williams commented. “Our most cherished ideals and achievements cannot be understood without acknowledging both systemic racism and the contributions of Black Americans. And this isn’t just about the past — Black people are still fighting against both the legacy of this racism and its current incarnation. I am thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to work with The New York Times, Lionsgate Television, Harpo Films and Hulu to translate the incredibly important The 1619 Project into a documentary series.”

 

 

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