4 Netflix docs to watch this weekend for Black History Month
By Sabrina Reed
They’ve Gotta Have Us
Released through Ava Duvernay’s film collective, ARRAY, They’ve Gotta Have Us is a docuseries directed by Simon Frederick. The series is structured in three parts:
- Legends and Pioneers
- Black Film Is Not a Genre
- Black is the New Hollywood
They’ve Gotta Have Us shines a spotlight on the careers of legendary and prominent Black stars who, in their own words, discuss what it is like to be Black in an industry that struggles to be inclusive.
From actors to filmmakers, the focus is on storytelling, whose stories get to be told, and whose stories get to be honored and recognized.
The series dissects the institutional racism that has plagued Hollywood from the beginning and how that racism has effected the trajectory of Black creatives and their careers.
They’ve Gotta Have Us is also a celebration of the barriers Black creatives have broken down in the film industry from Diahann Carroll, Harry Belafonte, and Earl Cameron forging a path for Black actors in the industry’s youth to the success of Black Panther and the doors the film opened for Black creatives in the business.
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