They've Gotta Have Us

2018-2018
1 season
Fifth Season
Documentary
TV-14

The rise of black actors as they have gone from being the backdrop to calling the shots. This is the inside story of the turning points of black life on both sides of the lens, from Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, to the present day.

2018-2018
1 season
Fifth Season
Documentary
TV-14

Actor

20 Credits

Simon Frederick

Self - Narrator

David Oyelowo

Self - Actor and Producer

Jesse Williams

Self - Actor, Producer, and Activist

Lil Rel Howery

Self - Actor and Comedian

Kasi Lemmons

Self - Director and Actor

Nelson George

Self - Author, Journalist, Critic, Director, and Producer

Laurence Fishburne

Self - Actor, Playwright, Producer, Screenwriter, and Director

Delroy Lindo

Self - Actor and Theatre Director

Carmen Ejogo

Self - Actress

John Boyega

Self - Actor and Producer

David Harewood

Self - Actor

Debbie Allen

Self - Actress, Dancer, Choreographer, Director, and Producer

Robert Townsend

Self - Actor, Comedian, Director, and Writer

Brian White

Self - Actor and Producer

Barry Jenkins

Self - Director, Producer, and Screenwriter

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Self - Director and Screenwriter

Ernest R. Dickerson

Self - Director and Cinematographer

Destiny Ekaragha

Self - Director

Ruth E. Carter

Self - Costume Designer

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Self - Director, Writer, Actor, and Producer