Between the World and Me (2020)
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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Ta-Nehisi Coates as Self |
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Angela Bassett as Self |
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Alicia Garza as Self |
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Jharrel Jerome as Self |
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Janet Mock as Self |
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Joe Morton as Self |
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Wendell Pierce as Self |
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Phylicia Rashād as Self |
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MJ Rodriguez as Self |
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Kendrick Sampson as Self |
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Yara Shahidi as Self |
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Black Thought as Self |
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Courtney B. Vance as Self |
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Pauletta Washington as Self |
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Susan Kelechi Watson as Self |
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Michelle Wilson as Self |
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Oprah Winfrey as Self |
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Chadwick Boseman as |
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Mahershala Ali as |
Editing | Terilyn A. Shropshire | Editor |
Production | Susan Kelechi Watson | Executive Producer |
Production | Roger Ross Williams | Executive Producer |
Camera | Jerry Henry | Director of Photography |
Editing | Keith L. Davis | Editor |
Production | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Executive Producer |
Writing | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Writer |
Camera | Christine Ng | Director of Photography |
Editing | Ephraim Kirkwood | Editor |
Production | Geoff Martz | Producer |
Editing | Daysha Broadway | Editor |
Directing | Kamilah Forbes | Director |
Production | Kamilah Forbes | Executive Producer |
Writing | David Teague | Adaptation |
Production | Alisa Payne | Producer |