{"id":160147,"date":"2022-02-25T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=160147"},"modified":"2022-02-25T17:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:00:41","slug":"profiled-the-black-man-new-discovery-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/profiled-the-black-man-new-discovery-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Profiled: The Black Man&#8217; New discovery+ Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blackfilm.com<\/a> correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/author\/koku-tona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koku Tona<\/a> sat down with Executive Producer and Showrunner P. Frank Williams, Executive Producers Kristen V. Carter and Trell Thomas to talk new discovery+ series &#8216;Profiled: The Black Man&#8217;. 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