Onyx Collective announces release date and contributors for Hulu & Prentice Penny’s Docu-Series ‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’

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Onyx Collective has announced a release date for its upcoming three-part docu-series “Black Twitter: A People’s History.”

Produced by A Penny for Your Thoughts, WIRED Studios and Culture House Media, “Black Twitter: A People’s History” is set to premiere all episodes Thursday, May 9, on Hulu.

Based on Jason Parham’s WIRED cover story “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” this tdocuseries charts the rise, movements, voices and memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life.

Prentice Penny is directing the series, marking the first project with Onyx Collective via his overall deal under the banner of his company, A Penny for Your Thoughts.

• The series contributors for the Hulu docuseries include the following:

• TJ Adeshola (former head of Global Content Partnerships, Twitter)

• W. Kamau Bell (comedian; director, “We Need to Talk About Cosby”)

• Dr. André Brock (communications professor; author, “Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures”)

• Rembert Browne (journalist; former director of Product and Community, Twitter)

• Dr. Meredith Clark (journalism professor; creator, “Archiving Black Twitter”)

• Kid Fury (TV writer and host, “The Read”)

• Roxane Gay (author; cultural critic, The New York Times)

• Jemele Hill (author, journalist)

• Sam Jay (comedian, writer)

• Brad Jenkins (former associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, 2011-2015)

• Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins (journalist, host, creative director)

• Luvvie Ajayi Jones (New York Times bestselling author)

• Shamika Klassen (researcher, scholar, “Black Twitter Is Gold”)

• Van Lathan (cultural critic; host, “Higher Learning”)

• Jamilah Lemieux (cultural critic, writer)

• Wesley Lowery (journalist; author, “American Whitelash”)

• Ira Madison III (TV writer; host, “Keep It!”)

• Judnick Mayard (TV writer, producer)

• Jason Parham (senior writer, WIRED)

• April Reign (creative consultant; creator, #OscarsSoWhite)

• God-is Rivera (former global director of Culture and Community, X)

• Amanda Seales (comedian, activist, host "Small Doses" podcast)

• Denver Sean (senior editor, LoveBScott.com)

• Baratunde Thurston (comedian; host, “How To Citizen with Baratunde”)

• Ashley Weatherspoon (producer; writer, DearYoungQueen.com)

• Raquel Willis (author, activist, media strategist)

• J Wortham (journalist, The New York Times Magazine)

• Executive producers for the docuseries include the following:

• Prentice Penny (A Penny For Your Thoughts)

• Chris Pollack (A Penny For Your Thoughts)

• Alex Soler (A Penny For Your Thoughts)

• Sarah Amos (WIRED Studios)

• Helen Estabrook (WIRED Studios)

• Agnes Chu (WIRED Studios)

• Andrew Whitney (WIRED Studios)

• Raeshem Nijhon (Culture House Media)

• Carri Twigg (Culture House Media)

• Nicole Galovski (Culture House Media)

• Joie Jacoby (Culture House Media)

• Shawna Carroll (Culture House Media)

• Director: Prentice Penny (A Penny For Your Thoughts)

• Showrunner: Joie Jacoby (Culture House Media)

• Producer: Jason Parham (WIRED Studios)