Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
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18
Alive
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Deceased
94.7%
Still living
Showing 19 of 19 loaded cast members.
as Self
AliveBorn: September 30, 1975
Age: 50
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: August 16, 1958
Age: 68
New York City, New York, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: January 4, 1981
Age: 45
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: October 9, 1997
Age: 28
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: March 10, 1983
Age: 43
as Self
AliveBorn: October 18, 1947
Age: 78
New York City, New York, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: December 8, 1963
Age: 62
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: June 19, 1948
Age: 78
Houston, Texas, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: January 7, 1991
Age: 35
Newark, New Jersey, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: March 8, 1988
Age: 38
Houston, Texas, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: February 10, 2000
Age: 26
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: October 3, 1971
Age: 54
as Self
AliveBorn: March 12, 1960
Age: 66
Detroit, Michigan, USA
as Self
AliveBorn: September 28, 1950
Age: 75
as Self
AliveBorn: November 11, 1981
Age: 44
Brooklyn, New York, USA
as Self
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self
AliveBorn: January 29, 1954
Age: 72
Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
Born: November 29, 1976
Died: August 28, 2020
Age at death: 43
Born: February 16, 1974
Age: 52
Oakland, California, USA