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“Based on Jason Parham’s Wired article “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” this three-part series charts the rise, the movements, the voices, and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life.” -Hulu

“Black Twitter” treats the network not mainly as technology or business but as a cultural artifact — a platform, even an art form, for commentary, community and comedy. Twitter, it argues, is another part of American culture, like music and food, that Black Americans defined by coming to it from the margins.” -NY Times

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“Director Penny and his team skillfully blend dozens of interviews with a treasure trove of archival footage and some perfectly placed clips from TV shows and movies to create a fascinating document of Black Twitter, which continues to evolve, adapt and adjust with the times. Most documentaries look back at events, whether recent or in the distant past; “Black Twitter” is a historical record but also a mirror to present times. -Chicago Sun Times

“Set for a world premiere March 8 on SXSW’s opening night, the series pays homage to the diversity, spirit and impact of Black Twitter across subjects both comedic and serious, rejecting a chronological, anthropological approach for a more visually dynamic, emotionally engaging style organized by topic.” -The Hollywood Reporter

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“Narrated by award winning actor and musician Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith, Milestone Generations chronicles the relaunch of Milestone Comics and Milestone Media’s mission to address not only the lack of superheroes of color in comics, but also the lack of storytellers of color creating the content.” -DC Comics

“The film examines the founders’ trajectory throughout the last 30 years, detailing their unwavering commitment, passion and perseverance to rise to the top of the comic book industry as black creators. With tenacity and dynamic artistic expression, the creators of Milestone Media continue to influence culture and ignite revolutionary change through characters that reflect the lived, black experience.” -DC Comics

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Milestone Generations is a worthy, potentially educational (and concise!) watch that highlights some unsung heroes of the comics field. -Decider

Combined with the great number of archival photos, the documentary touches on how personal every single issue of Milestone was. Whether it be from the open forum work environment to come up with stories, the 100-color process to properly represent a variety of skin tones, or the variety of characters to reflect real people who were underrepresented in comics. -Phasr Media

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“Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground honors Henry Hampton’s masterpiece Eyes on the Prize (1987-1990) and conjures ancestral memories, activates the radical imagination and explores the profound journey for Black liberation through the voices of the movement. A portal through time, Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground is a mystical and lyrical reimagining of the past, present, and future.” -HBO

“Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground is probably best described as a video essay presented in tandem with the original documentary series, in all ways more experimental than Hampton’s work, which was more innovative in subject matter than aesthetic approach. Allison’s project certainly isn’t inaccessible as a stand-alone, but it just as certainly is an emotional and an artistic response to Eyes on the Prize, a provocative call to action for what the next foundational text should do.” -Hollywood Reporter

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“Hallowed Ground takes a closer look at the archival footage lovingly and meticulously captured for the original film by documentarian and historical archivist Henry Hampton over the course of nearly two decades.” -Essence

“HBO Max follows through nicely on a terrific idea: Instead of just dropping Eyes on the Prize in the content menu and hoping people find it, the streamer produced Hallowed Ground as an introduction — or for older generations, a reintroduction — to the series, and an assertion of its cultural significance.” -Decider

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Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the EPIX original series Godfather of Harlem, this documentary series brings alive the dramatic true story of Harlem and its music during the 1960’s, and connects that history to our present moment. -EPIX

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Combining personal stories with powerful music and rare archival footage, audiences will see beyond the black-and-white historical images into the multicolored souls of musicians unafraid to use music as a weapon for change. -Harlem World Magazine

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“SMOKE” traces the fascinating and complex legacy of marijuana in the Black community. Early usage was recreational in nature, but political and racial dynamics led to the criminalization of cannabis and eventually its prohibition. America’s unjust war on drugs systematically targeted marijuana use in the Black community, resulting in racially disproportionate numbers of arrests and convictions. -BET

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“BET’s sharp and persuasive documentary “Smoke: Marijuana + Black America” is undaunted by the enormous tasks it sets out for itself, not the least of which is to describe a certain profound link between pot and daily existence. The film, airing Wednesday night, is equal parts love story, tragedy and outrage — a cultural history running parallel to the nation’s systemic and hypocritical racism in more ways than some viewers (and marijuana users) may want to admit.” -Washington Post

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Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that will chronicle the contributions, and challenges of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing ethnic group in America. Personal histories and new academic research will cast a fresh lens on U.S. history and the role Asian Americans have played in it. -PBS

2021 Peabody Award: For its revelatory storytelling as a demonstration of activism and solidarity in the American story and fight for justice and dignity, Asian Americans wins a Peabody. -Peabody Awards

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“The filmmakers tapped specialty community collections from the Japanese American National Museum and the Museum of Chinese in America in New York, before part of its vast archive was damaged in a fire in January. They also asked people to look in their basements for private troves of home videos, photographs and media that they dusted off, digitized, and preserved as part of the project.” -LA Times

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“Featuring never-before-seen footage, 'Tricky Dick' explores Richard Nixon's life and times -- tracking his rise, fall, incredible comeback and political destruction.” -CNN

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“Its pieced together through archive so you follow it as people witnessed it, as it was told [at the time],” Noel Hedges, eOne’s EVP of acquisitions, told Variety. “You’re following it first-hand rather than being told about it by an historian. It’s a slightly more authored way of looking at the whole man and not just the resignation Nixon.” -Variety.com

AWARDS

Tricky Dick was named Outstanding Broadcast Series -Cinema Eye Honors

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“Detroit 1963: Once in a Great City (working title): Executive produced by  Anthony Bourdain and Lydia Tenaglia this four-part series focuses on the history of Detroit, particularly at its high point. The docuseries, produced by Zero Point Zero, will take viewers back to a time in America when people believed in the power and goodness of big corporations, had high hopes for racial parity, and looked to institutions like unions and the government to solve their problems” -Metrotimes

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 “Jenkins has woven together an impressive archive of extant footage going back to the 1940s and '50s, when large groups of African-Americans moved to California from the Southern states (and elsewhere), in search of better opportunities, more freedom, less oppression.” - Roger & Ebert

“The documentary draws an easy parallel between the situation in Los Angeles to the country’s ongoing issue with police brutality and killing of black people and the current Black Lives Matter movement. While the doc seeks to find a solution to the situation, even some of the talking heads are stumped as to how to achieve mutual empathy when hatred and fear are so ingrained. It’s a cautionary tale of how we’re doomed to repeat this pattern of oppression, disorder and violence unless somehow we break it before it breaks us.” -Indiewire

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A documentary about the extraordinary difficulty African-Americans have faced in their efforts to establish and maintain a middle class standard of living. Nearly 40 percent of all black children are poor. And the black middle class remains proportionally much smaller and far less healthy than the white middle class. With a compelling narrative, dramatic historical footage and a series of deeply personal interviews, Bob Herbert shows why this is still the case a half century after the heyday of the civil rights movement. -PBS

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“Discriminatory acts like the ones Chester Herbert faced as an African-American man have made it incredibly difficult for black people in the U.S. to enter the middle class or stay in it.“-Marketplace.org

“Bob Herbert’s new documentary “Against All Odds: The Fight For a Black Middle Class,” which airs on the PBS World channel this Tuesday, looks at the specific practices that institutions have employed against black men and women.”   -Marketplace.org

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“Watching Black America Since MLK certainly helps put our current state of events in context. It’s also as much a celebration of the achievements African-Americans have made over the last half century as it is a sobering reminder of how far black folks still have to go, illustrated through interviews with political figures, civil rights luminaries, scholars and celebrities. The usual suspects weigh in here, including Oprah Winfrey, West, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Bell Hooks.” -SALON

“The series has the distinctive, personal tone of an essay, but it is also filled with compelling reflections upon key events that have occurred over the last 50 years from African Americans who shaped our shared history. Among those interviewed are Oprah Winfrey, Nas, Ava DuVernay, Jesse Jackson, Dr. Cornel West, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Donna Brazile, Robert L. Johnson, DeRay Mckesson, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, former Attorney General Eric Holder and Shonda Rhimes — as well as eyewitnesses to Hurricane Katrina, public intellectuals, education reformers, police officers in communities that have been shaken by racial unrest, and many others.” - EurWeb

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“An essential history, THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION, is a vibrant, human, living and breathing chronicle of this pivotal movement that birthed a new revolutionary culture in America.” -Sundance Institute

“Unyielding in its exploration of Black Panther pride, confrontations and in-fighting, THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION is a documentary that uses rare footage to chronicle the explosive movement in a most comprehensive way.”  -NBC News

“A thrilling, comprehensive history of the revolutionary movement that transformed race and class in America, told through meticulous research and astonishing archival materials by MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson.” -Museum of Modern Art

“The moment is right for a documentary history of the Panthers.” -NY Times

He has also shot online video for a number other brands, news publications, and individual clients. 

Aleshinloye is working on and developing non-fiction and fiction projects to be released in near future.