‎Making Black America: Through the Grapevine - Apple TV

Chronicling the vast social networks and organisations created by and for Black people.

Documentary · 2022 · 53 min

Starring Henry Louis Gates

Director Stacey L Holman

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Exploring how free Black people in the North and South built towns, established schools and held conventions, creating networks to address the political, economic and social needs of the Black community.

52 min · 4 Oct 2022
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

How Blacks created a community that sustained and empowered, from HBCUs to Black businesses and Harlem Renaissance to political organisations.

52 min · 11 Oct 2022
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

To survive economic disaster, Blacks rely on informal economies, grassroots organisations and cultural innovations to dismantle the realities of Jim Crow.

52 min · 18 Oct 2022
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

How Black political and cultural movements, including Black Power and Black Twitter, provide a safe space to debate, organise and celebrate.

52 min · 25 Oct 2022

Henry Louis Gates

Host
Stacey L Holman

Director
Henry Louis Gates

Producer