Brilliance meets legacy within the super trailer for AppleTV+‘s star-studded Documentary Quantity One On The Name Sheet that includes Black Hollywood‘s main legends reflecting on breakthrough moments, the thrill and challenges of being a Black actor and blueprints for fulfillment whereas exhibiting like to the following technology.
“Quantity One On The Name Sheet celebrates the grit, power and brilliance of those that got here earlier than us, whereas uplifting the following technology,” stated Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett.
“It’s an honor to pay homage to the legends, and shine a light-weight on the limitless potentialities forward for Black and brown expertise.”
Take a look at the trailer beneath:
The two-part occasion is co-directed by the legendary Reginald Hudlin (Black Main Males in Hollywood) and Shola Lynch (Black Main Girls in Hollywood) with each movies produced by Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart, Datari Turner and Dan Cogan.
“Quantity One On The Name Sheet is the sincere testimony of profitable individuals who overcame all sorts of obstacles to make their goals come true,” stated Hudlin.
“It doesn’t matter what enterprise you’re in, studying about their mindset, their grit, their distinctive definitions of success will likely be inspirational to each viewer. I can’t look ahead to the world to see it.”
NAACP Picture Award-winning Director Shola Lynch echoed the Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s sentiments in a separate assertion.
“It’s an honor to direct this story that captures a singular technology of Black main actresses. We don’t have this sort of collective testimonial from any interval of movie historical past,” she stated. “It made me decided to create a imaginative and prescient that’s greater than the sum of the elements to honor and replicate their particular person journeys and a collective reality.
I would like the viewers to expertise what it was wish to be within the room and in dialog with unvarnished ambition, excellence, and sweetness and to really feel their awe, pleasure, frustration, love, and triumph. I’ve actually been stunned how a lot their tales transcend movie star and have which means for us mere mortals. I can solely hope the viewers feels the identical.”
With over 30 beloved Black actors together with Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Viola Davis, Morgan Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Nia Lengthy and extra making appearances, we will’t wait to see the Doc when it premieres March 28 on AppleTV+.
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