Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
Cast
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Angela Bassett
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Alicia Garza
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Jharrel Jerome
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Janet Mock
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Joe Morton
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Wendell Pierce
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Phylicia Rashād
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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
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Kendrick Sampson
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Yara Shahidi
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Tariq Trotter
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Courtney B. Vance
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Pauletta Washington
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Susan Kelechi Watson
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Michelle Wilson
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Oprah Winfrey
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Chadwick Boseman
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Mahershala Ali
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Crew
Kamilah Forbes
Director, Executive Producer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Writer, Executive Producer
David Teague
Adaptation
Daysha Broadway
Editor
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Editor
Keith L. Davis
Editor
Ephraim Kirkwood
Editor
Christine Ng
Director of Photography
Jerry Henry
Director of Photography
Roger Ross Williams
Executive Producer
Susan Kelechi Watson
Executive Producer
Alisa Payne
Producer
Geoff Martz
Producer
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