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MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE a four-part series from executive producer, host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In this latest series from the acclaimed Harvard scholar and documentarian, Gates and directors Stacey L. Holman @butterflyslh and Shayla Harris @shayjoy, chronicle the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people beyond the reach of the “white gaze.” The series recounts the establishment of the Prince Hall Masons in 1775 through the formation of all-Black towns and business districts, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, destinations for leisure, and the social media phenomenon of Black Twitter. Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today. MAKING BLACK AMERICA takes viewers into an extraordinary world that showcases Black people's ability to collectively prosper, defy white supremacy and define Blackness in ways that transformed America itself. Premieres Tuesdays, October 4, 11, 18 and 25. Music: New Horizons Musician: Rafael Krux Site: https://filmmusic.io/song/5458-new-horizons- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license #pbs #thefstate #thefstatemagazine #thefstatemagdotcom #thefstatemag #thefstatecreatives #tvseries #blackdocumentary #blackdocumentaries #blackfilmmaker #blackfilm @pbs @thefstatemagazine @thefstate @iamezrajones (at PBS) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGnpNvvAUq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine A Four part series with host and writer Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Director Stacey L. Holman @butterflyslh and Director Shayla Harris @shayjoy Chronicles vast social networks and organizations created by and for black people beyond the white gaze Stacey L. Holman @butterflyslh A Harlem-based filmmaker who’s directed/produced several award-winning projects including episode three of the 2018 PBS series Reconstruction: America After the Civil War hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. She was a producer on the critically acclaimed documentary Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities and served as Associate Producer on the Emmy award-winning film Freedom Riders produced/directed by Stanley Nelson. Additionally, Stacey was Coordinating Producer for Nelson’s Peabody Award-winning documentary Freedom Summer, and she was Co-Producer on Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band.    Stacey’s short film Dressed Like Kings garnered the Tribeca Film Festival All-Access Award and aired on the WORLD Channel as part of the AfroPoP Shorts Program. She was the Series Producer/Director of Henry Louis Gates, Jr’s Black Church series The Black Church: This Is Our Story. This Is Our Song Currently, she’s one of the producers/directors on Gates’ Making Black America: African American Social Networks airing on PBS in 2022. #pbs #thefstate #thefstatemagazine #thefstatemagdotcom #thefstatemag #thefstatecreatives #tvseries #blackdocumentary #blackdocumentaries #blackfilmmaker #blackfilm @pbs @thefstatemagazine @thefstate @iamezrajones (at PBS) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjF_W0YLrmY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=