What To Know About The New ‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’ Docuseries

May 09, 2024

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According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/pop-culture\/a\/jaelaniturnerwilliams\/black-twitter-reacts-to-upcoming-black-twitter-series\" target=\"_blank\" >Complex<\/a>, some were skeptical about the intentions of the program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"\n>\n\tOne account assumed the doc would be “corny as hell,” calling the participants highlighted in the teaser “spectators at best.” Another questioned the voices featured, “The real meat and potatoes of Black Twitter is everyday people. Not B-list Black celebrities and psuedo intellectual Talking Heads.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/ \">\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"o-figure size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:691px\">\n\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1024\/691)*100%);\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BLACKTWITTER-Onyx_KA_8100x12000_R01_01_FIN01.jpg?w=691\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BLACKTWITTER-Onyx_KA_8100x12000_R01_01_FIN01.jpg?w=691\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BLACKTWITTER-Onyx_KA_8100x12000_R01_01_FIN01.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BLACKTWITTER-Onyx_KA_8100x12000_R01_01_FIN01.jpg?resize=203,300 203w, https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BLACKTWITTER-Onyx_KA_8100x12000_R01_01_FIN01.jpg?resize=691,1024 691w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"1024\" width=\"691\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<figcaption class=\"c-figcaption a-font-body-bold-m lrv-u-margin-t-050\">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"\n>\n\tStill, Prentice, his team, and supporters stood strong behind the purpose of their hard work, and for good reasoning. While the docuseries does emphasize commentary from notable figures, the voices of Twitter users who are not celebrity adjacent are directly featured or spotlighted through the stories explored in the three-hour watch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"\n>\n\tAs with most moments in time, cultural movements, and historical occurrences, it is nearly impossible to include every person, place, or thing involved when recounting the story across various mediums. However, <em>Black Twitter: A People’s Story <\/em>does its best to provide a comprehensive archive of the culture. The docuseries celebrates the power Black people have on and offline and provides insight into just how that influence circulates globally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"\n>\n\t“We\u2019re just beginning to see the ways in which it\u2019s impacted the world, and I think there\u2019s so much more that it will continue to do,\u201d Penny remarked to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/black-twitter-a-peoples-history-prentice-penny-interview\" target=\"_blank\" ><em>Vanity Fair<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cBut [with the documentary], I hope people can see how dope we were\u2014how dope we still are\u2014and just how creative we could be.\u201d<\/p>\n","alt":"Black Twitter","image_credit":"Disney\/Clarence Williams","url":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/lists\/5-things-black-twitter-peoples-history-docuseries\/","image_id":1234877521,"image":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/170391_0098r-1.jpg?w=1024","sizes":{"pmc-gallery-s":{"src":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/170391_0098r-1.jpg?w=320","width":320,"height":214},"pmc-gallery-m":{"src":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/170391_0098r-1.jpg?w=640","width":640,"height":427},"pmc-gallery-l":{"src":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/170391_0098r-1.jpg?w=800","width":800,"height":534},"pmc-gallery-xl":{"src":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/170391_0098r-1.jpg?w=1024","width":1024,"height":683},"pmc-gallery-xxl":{"src":"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/170391_0098r-1.jpg?w=1280","width":1280,"height":854}},"fullWidth":862,"fullHeight":575,"mime_type":"image","ad":"","appleSongID":null,"enableAppleGA":false,"additionalDescription":null,"subtitleColor":null,"additionalSubtitle":null,"additionalSubtitleColor":null,"ads":[]},{"ID":1234877530,"position":3,"positionDisplay":4,"date":"2024-05-09 14:16:12","modified":"2024-05-09 14:16:13","title":"How to watch the docuseries","subtitle":null,"slug":"how-to-watch-the-docuseries","caption":"Black Twitter: A People's History -- Based on Jason Parham\u2019s WIRED article \u201cA People\u2019s History of Black Twitter,\u201d this three-part docuseries charts the rise, the movements, the voices and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life. 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