Discovery+, OWN greenlight doc on black stereotypes

Tina Knowles-Lawson

NEWS BRIEF: Discovery+ and Discovery-owned US cablenet OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network have commissioned a docuseries that explores the stereotypes that have impacted the lives of black men in the US.

Tina Knowles-Lawson executive produces Profiled: The Black Man, along with Trell Thomas and Kristen V Carter. A Smith & Co Productions produces the series, with P Frank Williams serving as showrunner.

Each episode of the four-part docuseries, which aims to show the difficulties black men have faced, features commentary from figures such as civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson, activist Tamika Mallory and hip-hop culture icon Sway Calloway.