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Warner Bros signs with BLM co-founder

Warner Bros Television Group (WBTVG) has signed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder and executive director Patrisse Cullors.

Patrisse Cullors (Photo: Giovanni Solis)

The deal will see the artist, author and political strategist develop and produce original programming for all Warner Bros platforms, including HBO Max, cable and its five broadcast networks.

It marks Cullors’ first pact with Warner Bros and her first overall agreement with a studio. The terms of the wide-ranging content partnership were not disclosed.

It includes but is not limited to live-action scripted drama and comedy series; longform/event series; unscripted docuseries; animated programming for co-viewing among kids, young adults and families; and original digital content.

For the past 20 years, Cullors has campaigned for criminal justice reform and advocated for black lives.

Since co-founding the global Black Lives Matter social movement in 2013, she has become one of the most influential thought leaders in US public life, focusing long-overdue attention on racial inequity throughout society and leading a global campaign against anti-black racism.

Through this agreement, WBTVG and Cullors will collaborate on programming that will amplify the work of the Black Lives Matter movement and will create further opportunities for prominent black storytelling.

Cullors said: “Black voices, especially black voices who have been historically marginalised, are important and integral to today’s storytelling. Our perspective and amplification is necessary and vital to helping shape a new narrative for our families and communities.

“I am committed to uplifting these stories in my new creative role with the Warner Bros family. As a long-time community organiser and social justice activist, I believe that my work behind the camera will be an extension of the work I’ve been doing for the last 20 years. I look forward to amplifying the talent and voices of other black creatives through my work.”

Cullors is represented by CAA, 3 Arts, Sarah Weichel and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman.

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