Black people frequently appear in mockumentaries and satires as little more than set dressing, but Kenya Barris’ #blackAF puts them front and center.
Focused on a very specific Black experience, his new Netflix show features a faux documentary project being filmed by one of his daughters about her extravagant family, a brand new trailer reveals.
The series is loosely based on Barris’ actual family as they navigate their new place among the one percent. Doing everything from playing “count the Black people” at a luxury resort, to handing out Fendi keychains as children’s party favors, the fictional Barris family is self-aware about becoming stereotypes of themselves.
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