NEW ON HULU
Streaming February 20 - February 26
BLACK STORIES ALWAYS
In honor of Black History Month, Hulu is proud to continue highlighting Black stories and storytellers through our refreshed "Black Stories Always" hub throughout February and all year round. This upcoming month brings exciting TV and film premieres, including Hulu Original "Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez," National Geographic's "Genius: MLK/X" and "The Space Race," Andscape's "Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story," and the season three premiere of acclaimed series and winner of Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, "Abbott Elementary!"
As part of Hulu's "Black Stories Always" campaign, explore our extensive film and TV content showcasing talents of Black creators. Titles include FX's "Snowfall," Andscape's "Cypher," Onyx Collective's "Reasonable Doubt," fan-favorites including "The Bernie Mac Show," "My Wife and Kids," "The Wonder Years," the beloved film "Soul Food" and many more. This year marks the iconic anniversaries of "Family Matters" (35 years), "Sister, Sister" (30 years) and "Black-ish" (10 years), as well as the 10th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning film "12 Years A Slave."
New additions to the library this week include:
761ST TANK BATTALION: THE FIRST BLACK PANTHERS: SPECIAL (HISTORY)
Executive Produced and featuring Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, "761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers" will tell the true story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first Black tank unit to serve in combat during WWII, and explore in-depth the major battles they faced both overseas while in combat and back home in the United States. It features an interview with one of the last surviving members of the 761st Battalion, as well as the current and first Black Secretary of Defense, Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, alongside new and archival interviews, period footage, still photographs and new commentary and stories from family and relatives of the Black Panther soldiers. The documentary will also feature insights and opinions of prominent historians on WWII and experts on race and inequality in America.
(Streaming Thursday, February 22)
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