‘Black Twitter’ Docuseries Influencers List Released Amid Debut [Video]

Onyx Collective debuted its upcoming Hulu docuseries, “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” at SXSW Festival over the weekend. The company also announced some of the Black Twitter contributors in the series. Check out a teaser trailer for the upcoming series below.

The Prentice Penny-directed docuseries is based upon producer, Jason Parham’s WIRED article “A People’s History of Black Twitter.” The three-part docuseries charts the rise, the movements, the voices and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant social media force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life.

Onyx partnered with Penny’s entertainment company A Penny For Your Thoughts, Culture House Media and Wired Media to produce this exciting new documentary series that will take viewers on a ride through the eyes of cultural commentators and political figures throughout the Black social-political movement.

Last Friday night, “Black Twitter: A People’s History” hit the Austin streets at SXSW …