Today YouTube Originals released the trailer for the new 6-part series The Outsiders? spearheaded by award-winning photographer and director Simon Frederick (Black is the New Black, They Gotta Have Us). All 6 episodes will be available to stream on Monday 4th October on YouTube Originals.
The series profiles a pioneering cast of Black talent from around the world, shaping entertainment, technology, sport, and culture as we know it. Painting a raw and unfiltered picture of succeeding while Black in today’s society, through intimate and frank interviews, we witness young Black visionaries take the helm in telling their own stories and hear how they are turning the tables on the very same society that initially rejected them, fighting back against the status quo and overcoming adversity to become the luminaries of our time.
The line-up includes a powerhouse of UK talents; Reni Eddo-Lodge, Mo Gilligan, Clara Amfo, Campbell Addy, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Vanessa Kingori, Jamal Edwards, Fenn O’Meally, Candice Brathwaite, Sophie Duker, Suli Breaks, Chidera Eggerue, Julie Adenuga, Alex Scott, MNEK, Munya Chawawa, Celeste, George the Poet, Eunice Olumide, Niko Omilana, Jeremy Lynch, Jordan Stephens, Dumi Oburota, Rachel Ama, Chanel Ambrose and Ncuti Gatwa.
Black artists from the U.S. are also set to join the production which include; Alicia Garza, Amanda Seales, Elladj Balde, Iddris Sandu, Isra Hirsi, Jidenna, Kailand Morris, Marsai Martin, Masego, Miguel, Phillip Youmans, Shaun Ross, Taylor Richardson, Tinashe Kachingwe and Vernon Francois.
Throughout the series each cast member will take a seat on Frederick’s infamous “Griots Box” sharing ideas, experiences, and memories through personal stories. Revealing their truth on the themes that emerge throughout the series, that tell the stories of young Black visionaries and how they are shaping the future.
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