“Insecure” showrunner Prentice Penny made his nonfiction directing debut with “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” a three-part Hulu series tracing the vibrant and creative Black community that used Twitter for humor but also to fuel social movements like Black Lives Matter and #OscarsSoWhite. While Penny was working on the series, Elon Musk bought the social media platform, leading to an exodus of Black employees and a sense that the community as they knew it could be irrevocably changing.
Penny thinks that the forum may have taken a huge hit, but the voices that use it will continue to be heard.
The series has a three-part structure: The rise of Black Twitter, then the social movements it helped propel, then the uncertainty that came with Elon Musk’s purchase.
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