Joe Otterson TV ReporterA docuseries based on “The 1619 Project” from New York Times Magazine’s and Nikole Hannah-Jones has been ordered at Hulu.Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams will produce and oversee the series under his One Story Up production banner with producing partner and co-executive producer Geoff Martz.
Williams will also direct the first episode. Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winner Shoshana Guy will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Kathleen Lingo, editorial director for film and TV at The New York Times, will also executive produce.The series will be made in collaboration between Lionsgate Television, The New York Times, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films.
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