Celebrate Black History Month With New Shows and More on Hulu

THE 1619 PROJECT: HULU ORIGINAL SERIES – NEW EPISODES

Synopsis: Hulu’s six-part 1619 Docuseries is an expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative

Cast: Nikole Hannah-Jones

Executive Producers: Oprah Winfrey, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Shoshana Guy, Roger Ross Williams, Kathleen Lingo, Caitlin Roper

(Now Streaming, New Episodes Thursdays)

SOUL OF A NATION PRESENTS BLACK IN VEGAS (ABC NEWS STUDIOS) (2/2)

Synopsis: The return of Emmy Award-winning “Soul of a Nation” with a one-hour special, “Black in Vegas,” explores the history of Black entertainers in Las Vegas and celebrating those who are now ruling the historic strip. The ABC News Studios primetime special details the countless household names who have made Las Vegas their home ― from Usher, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson to Boyz II Men, Lionel Richie and Smokey Robinson, joining top comedians Marsha Warfield, George Wallace, Eddie Griffin and other top artists.

Executive Producer: Catherine McKenzie

(Streaming Thursday, February 2)

WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA: HULU ORIGINAL – THIRD AND FINAL SEASON PREMIERES 2/15 ON “WU-WEDNESDAY” WITH THE FIRST THREE EPISODES

Synopsis: Off the release of their debut album and their continued rise to fame, we follow the Wu-Tang Clan over the course of their five-year plan as they face and overcome different challenges. While each of the members go on separate journeys to figure out where they fit in the music world, RZA struggles to stay on top of things in order to fulfill the promise he made to his Wu brothers. As money, fame, ego, and business threaten to tear the group apart, they must find a way to come together and cement their legacy.

Cast: Ashton Sanders, Shameik Moore, Siddiq Saunderson, Julian Elijah Martinez, Marcus Callender, Zolee Griggs, T.J. Atoms, Dave East, Johnell Young, Uyoata Udi and Damani Sease.

Executive Producers: Alex Tse, The RZA, Method Man, and Brian Grazer

(First Three Episodes Streaming February 15, New Episodes Wednesdays)

FX’S SNOWFALL: SIXTH AND FINAL SEASON PREMIERE (2/23)

It’s October 1986 in this sixth and final season, as civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin (Damson Idris) is desperate, forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph) after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson). Meanwhile, Louie has taken over Franklin’s role as Teddy’s sole buyer, undercutting her nephew and creating a competing empire in the process.

Franklin is now faced with losing everyone he loves and everything he’s built, and coming through it all will mean out-maneuvering the KGB, the DEA and the CIA, as well as avoiding the LAPD’s fully militarized, fully corrupt, C.R.A.S.H units.

When everyone has their backs against the wall, who will they become in order to survive?

(New Episodes Thursdays)

BRUISER (2023): ONYX COLLECTIVE / HULU ORIGINAL FILM (2/24)

In director Miles Warren’s searing feature debut about fathers, families and the effects of toxic masculinity, 14-year-old Darious (Jalyn Hall) explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm (Shamier Anderson), his strict but loving father, and Porter (Trevante Rhodes), a charismatic drifter. When Darious learns Porter’s true identity, he is thrust into a conflict between the two men that may rip his family apart and threaten his safety.

(Streaming Friday, February 24)

THREE WAYS (2023): ANDSCAPE (2/10)

Synopsis: A sex comedy told in three ways…
Sexually awkward Stacey Johnson decides to take control of her life, cancel her ex, and conquer her fears by having a threesome with her new beau and a mysterious woman she’s never met. What could possibly go wrong?

Cast: Andrea Lewis, Brittany S. Hall, Jerrel O’Neal, Toccara Jones, David Raibon, Lawrence H. Robinson, Ronin Lee

Executive Producers: Raina Kelley, Kelley L. Carter, EmmoLei Sankofa

(Streaming Friday, February 10)

GROWN-ISH: SEASON 5 – NEW EPISODES (FREEFORM)

The Johnson family’s eldest daughter is taking her first steps into the real world as she heads off to college. “Grown-ish” explores the first trappings of adulthood, and Zoey must navigate through the trials and tribulations of these momentous steps. Zoey discovers that once she leaves the nest, things do not always go her way. The series features “that in between place where you’re not quite an adult but facing grown world problems for the first time,” Kenya Barris, the show’s creator and executive producer, said.

(Now Streaming, New Episodes Thursdays)

CRAIG OF THE CREEK: COMPLETE SEASON 4 (2/15)

Craig of the Creek follows a young boy, Craig, and his two friends, Kelsey and JP, as they go on adventures within a world of untamed, kid-dominated wilderness in the creek.

(Streaming Wednesday, February 15)

KULIPARI: AN ARMY OF FROGS: COMPLETE SEASON 1 – SPECIAL EDITION (2/13)

Based on the popular children’s book trilogy written by former NFL player Trevor Pryce, Kulipari: An Army of Frogs is an action packed adventure series that takes place in a hidden mystical kingdom. For years the frogs of the Amphibilands have lived in safety protected by an elite group of super powered frogs called the Kulipari. The inhabitants of the Amphibilands now find their homeland threatened by an army of Spiders and Scorpions. Our unlikely hero, Darel, a young frog that has always dreamed of joining the Kulipari despite his lack of experience and limited fighting skills, now finds himself at the forefront of the battle lines. Darel, with the help of a motley crew of friends, must now overcome his fears and embrace his dream of becoming a Kulipari warrior in order to save the entire frog population from extinction.

The series is produced by The Outlook Company, a minority-owned, innovative digital animation and production studio in Baltimore.

(Streaming Monday, February 13. Season 2 titled Kulipari: Dreamwalker Special Edition streaming later in February.)

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY: SEASON 2 – NEW EPISODES (ABC)

A group of dedicated, passionate teachers — and a slightly tone-deaf principal — find themselves thrown together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. Though these incredible public servants may be outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do — even if they don’t love the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children.

(Now Streaming, New Episodes Thursdays)

SHERMAN’S SHOWCASE: SEASON 2B (2/1)

A sketch variety show like none before, Sherman’s Showcase travels through time via music and clips drawn from the forty-year library of a legendary (fictional) musical variety show. Inspired by shows like “Solid Gold,” “Soul Train” and “Laugh-In”.

(Streaming Wednesday, February 1)

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018)

In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

(Streaming Wednesday, February 1)

HOLD YOUR FIRE (2021)

In 1973, four young African-American men stealing guns for self-defense in Brooklyn were cornered by the NYPD. A violent gun battle killed a police officer, beginning the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. The NYPD’s 130-year-old policy was to deliver an ultimatum, then respond with deadly force. Could visionary police psychologist Harvey Schlossberg convince his superiors to do the unthinkable — negotiate with “criminals” — and save twelve hostages from an impending bloodbath? In never-before-seen film and gripping interviews with survivors, HOLD YOUR FIRE uncovers what really happened in this landmark event with the potential to revolutionize American policing.

(Streaming Saturday, February 18)

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (2013)

*CELEBRATING 10TH ANNIVERSARY*

After leaving the South as a young man and finding employment at an elite hotel in Washington, D.C., Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is hired as a butler at the White House. Over the course of three decades, Cecil has a front-row seat to history and the inner workings of the Oval Office. However, his commitment to his “First Family” leads to tension at home, alienating his wife (Oprah Winfrey) and causing conflict with his anti-establishment son.

(Streaming Wednesday, February 1)

THE HELP (2011)

In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her small town on its ear by choosing to interview the Black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families. Only Aibileen (Viola Davis), the housekeeper of Skeeter’s best friend, will talk at first. But as the pair continue the collaboration, more women decide to come forward, and as it turns out, they have quite a lot to say.

(Streaming Wednesday, February 1)

AFTERSHOCK: ONYX COLLECTIVE / HULU ORIGINAL FILM

Synopsis: Following the deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, two bereaved families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises today: the US maternal health crisis. Directed and Produced by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee. Aftershock, a Hulu Original Documentary from Onyx Collective and ABC News, premieres July 19th on Hulu.

(Now Streaming)

FX’S KINDRED: COMPLETE SEASON 1

Synopsis: As Dana, a young Black woman and aspiring writer, begins to settle in her new home, she finds herself being pulled back and forth in time, emerging at a nineteenth-century plantation and confronting secrets she never knew ran through her blood.

Cast: Mallori Johnson, Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, David Alexander Kaplan

Credits: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Creator)

(Now Streaming)

REASONABLE DOUBT: ONYX COLLECTIVE / HULU ORIGINAL SERIES – COMPLETE SEASON 1

Synopsis: In “Reasonable Doubt,” you’ll judge Jax Stewart for her questionable ethics and wild interpretations of the law … until you’re the one in trouble. Then you’ll see her for what she is: the most brilliant and fearless defense attorney in Los Angeles who bucks the justice system at every chance she gets.

Cast: Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, Michael Ealy, Aderinsola Olabode, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Angela Grovey, Tim Jo, Pauletta Washington (recurring), Sean Patrick Thomas (recurring)

Credits: Raamla Mohamed serves as creator, writer and executive producer alongside Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone for Simpson Street, and Larry Wilmore via Wilmore Films. Shawn Holley and Jon Leshay are co-executive producers in addition to Pete Chatmon and Will McDonald. Tamara Gregory, Roger M. Bobb and JoAnne McCool also produce. “Reasonable Doubt” is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios.

(Now Streaming)

WOKE: HULU ORIGINAL SERIES – COMPLETE SEASONS 1 & 2

Synopsis: Cartoonist Keef Knight is now a popular activist on the rise, but he’s facing a world where “woke” has become big business. Can Keef and his friends bring about real change, or is it just about the dollar$? And can Keef navigate this new world without destroying what he’s become? Inspired by the life and work of artist Keith Knight, WOKE continues to upend Black nerd and activist culture, deftly satirizing with a wink and a smile.

Cast: The series stars Lamorne Morris, Blake Anderson, T. Murph, Sasheer Zamata and JB Smoove.

Credits: “Woke” was developed by Marshall Todd and Keith Knight. The co-creators serve as executive producers alongside Anthony King, Maurice “Mo” Marable, Richie Schwartz, John Will, Will Gluck, and Eric Christian Olsen. The comedy is a co-production between Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature.

(Now Streaming)

THE HAIR TALES: ONYX COLLECTIVE / HULU ORIGINAL

Synopsis: “The Hair Tales” is a dynamic celebration of Black women’s identity, beauty, culture and humanity, uniquely expressed through the stories in our hair. A docu series where 6 diverse phenomenal women – Issa Rae, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, CHIKA, Marsai Martin, Chloe Bailey and Oprah Winfrey lay their intimate hair tales on the table with Tracee Ellis Ross. Surrounded by brilliant voices of academic and cultural leaders, gifted hairdressers, and extraordinary sisters, the series presents a collage of resilience, style and purpose.

Cast: Issa Rae, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Chika, Marsai Martin, Chlöe Bailey, Oprah Winfrey and hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross

Credits: “The Hair Tales” is produced by Culture House, Joy Mill Entertainment, Tetravision and Harpo Films. Oprah Winfrey, Tracee Ellis Ross, Michaela angela Davis, Tara Duncan, Raeshem Nijhon, and Carri Twigg serve as executive producers. Concept by Michaela angela Davis. Developed By Tracee Ellis Ross and Michaela angela Davis

(Now Streaming)

FX’S ATLANTA: COMPLETE SERIES

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene to better their lives and the lives of their families. Earn Marks is a young manager trying to get his cousin’s career off the ground. Alfred Miles is a rapper who goes by the stage name “Paper Boi,” a hot new artist trying to understand the line between real life and street life. Darius, Alfred’s right-hand man and visionary, rounds out the entourage along with Van. Van is not only Earn’s best friend but the mother of his daughter. Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry co-star as Earn and Alfred, respectively.

(Now Streaming)

BEBA (2021)

First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt undertakes an unflinching exploration of her own identity in the remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir “Beba.” Reflecting on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother, Huntt investigates the historical, societal, and generational trauma she’s inherited and ponders how those ancient wounds have shaped her, while simultaneously considering the universal truths that connect us all as humans. Throughout “Beba,” Huntt searches for a way to forge her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest.

Poetic, powerful and profound, “Beba” is a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection

(Now Streaming)

BLACK-ISH: COMPLETE SERIES

Dre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) has it all: a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross), four kids and a big home in a classy neighborhood, but as a black man, he begins to question whether all his success has brought too much cultural assimilation for his family. With the help of his father (Laurence Fishburne), Dre begins to try to create a sense of ethnic identity for the members of his family that will allow them to honor their background while preparing them to embrace the future.

THE WONDER YEARS (ABC)

The story of the Williams family during the late 1960s, all through the point of view of imaginative 12-year-old Dean. With the wisdom of his adult years, Dean’s hopeful and humorous recollections of his past spotlight the ups and downs of growing up in a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama, and the friendship, laughter and lessons along the way.

QUEEN SUGAR

“Queen Sugar” tells the story of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Louisiana. At the center of the family are Nova, a journalist and activist; Charley, the wife and manager of an NBA player; and formerly incarcerated father Ralph Angel, who is searching for redemption. Following a tragedy in the family, the siblings must put their complicated lives aside so that they can come together to run the clan’s struggling sugar cane farm. Also involved in the farm are Aunt Violet and family friend Remy Newell.

GODFATHER OF HARLEM – COMPLETE SEASONS 1 & 2

In the early 1960s, infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson returns from 10 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles; with the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control.

(Seasons 1 & 2 Now Streaming)

227: COMPLETE SERIES

“227” follows the lives of people in a middle-class apartment building, 227 Lexington Place in Washington, D.C. Centering around Mary Jenkins, a nosy and tart-tongued but loving housewife, her husband, Lester, and their boy-crazy yet smart and studious daughter, Brenda.

LIVING SINGLE: COMPLETE SERIES

*CELEBRATING 30TH ANNIVERSARY*

With love, laughter and a little bit of luck, four women in New York City on the threshold of the rest of their lives hilariously celebrate Living Single.

RIOTSVILLE U.S.A. (2022)

Connecting the stagecraft of law and order to the real violence of state practice; recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive.