Black Twitter: A People's History

*Black Twitter: A People's History*
Black Twitter: A People's History
Genre	Docuseries
Showrunner	Joie Jacoby
Written by	Jason Parham
Directed by	Prentice Penny
Starring	W. Kamau Bell; Jemele Hill; Rembert Browne; Kid Fury; Baratunde Thurston; Brandon "Jinx" Jenkins; Jamilah Lemieux; April Reign;
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	List Prentice Penny ; Alex Soler ; Chris Pollack ; Sarah Amos ; Helen Estabrook ; Agnes Chu ; Andrew Whitney ; Raeshem Nijhon ; Carri Twigg ; Nicole Galovski ; Shawna Carroll ;
Producer	Jason Parham
Production companies	A Penny for Your Thoughts; WIRED Studios; Onyx Collective;
Original release
Network	Hulu
Release	May 9, 2024

Black Twitter: A People's History is a 2024 documentary film series about the history of Black Twitter. The series is produced by Onyx Collective.

The three-part docuseries is based on Jason Parham's 2021 Wired story and was directed by Prentice Penny.

The series chronicles the oral history of the influence of the Black community on American society and politics since the Obama administration. It also shows how Black people had used Twitter as a general means of expression to comment on everyday life. It touches on a range of serious topics (Black Lives Matter, Trayvon Martin, January 6 United States Capitol attack), but also more humorous topics (the TV drama Scandal, Crying Jordan meme).

The trailer for the series was released on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The series then premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in March 2024 and debuted to the public on Hulu on Thursday, May 9, 2024.