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.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Self
Angela Bassett Self
Alicia Garza Self
Jharrel Jerome Self
Janet Mock Self
Joe Morton Self
Wendell Pierce Self
Phylicia Rashād Self
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Self
Kendrick Sampson Self
Yara Shahidi Self
Tariq Trotter Self
Courtney B. Vance Self
Pauletta Washington Self
Susan Kelechi Watson Self
Michelle Wilson Self
Oprah Winfrey Self
Chadwick Boseman
Mahershala Ali