Howdy, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast!
I’m your host Valerie Advanced, an affiliate editor and movie author at Deadline. At this time, I’m chatting with Prentice Penny, an Emmy nominated, Peabody, and Golden Globe successful writer-director-producer who has introduced his distinctive voice and sensibilities to a few of right now’s most beloved movie and TV initiatives.
Penny and his multi-media manufacturing firm, A Penny For Your Thoughts Entertainment, have devoted inventive efforts in the direction of telling tales that supply contemporary views and discover past the overwhelmed path to problem the way in which we take into consideration our tradition and each other.
His upcoming initiatives embody Black Twitter: A Individuals’s Historical past, which he directed and produced. Based mostly on Jason Parham’s Wired article A Individuals’s Historical past of Black Twitter, this three-part docuseries charts the rise, the actions, the voices, and the memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant power in practically each facet of American political and cultural life. It’s set to have its world premiere at SXSW 2024 and can debut on Hulu later this yr.
Penny is finest recognized for his function as showrunner, govt producer and recurrent director for HBO’s hit award-winning comedy Insecure The culture-shifting collection has garnered awards recognition for star Issa Rae, supporting forged, crew members and inventive workforce from The Peabody Awards, Emmy, and NAACP Awards, amongst others. Since its debut, the collection has been praised for its sincere, highly effective and poignant conversations about race, relationships, and sexuality.
His upcoming initiatives embody “New Child”, which is at present in growth and Penny will direct for Common based mostly on the # 1 New York Occasions bestseller, produced via A Penny For Your Ideas Leisure.
In 2009, Penny based his multi-media manufacturing firm, A Penny For Your Ideas Leisure, which has an total take care of Onyx the place it develops and produces initiatives for all Disney platforms, together with Hulu, which serves as the first residence to Onyx movies and tv. As well as, Penny and A Penny For Your Ideas Leisure banner launched The First Up, a brand new program for writers of shade on the USC College of Cinematic Arts. Penny’s dedication to range and inclusion is exemplified via the creation of the First Up program, which gives BIPOC writers with a platform to showcase their work and acquire real-world expertise.
Penny’s previous credit embody a number of movies and comedy collection, together with the Netflix authentic movie Uncorked, marked the multi-hyphenates characteristic directorial and screenwriting debut. He was additionally co-executive producer on the Golden Globe-winning freshman season of Fox’s comedy Brooklyn 9-9, working as a supervising producer on Comfortable Endings, and labored on The Hustle, Scrubs, and Girlfriends.
On this episode, Prentice and I focus on the historical past and significance of Black Twitter, the way it revolutionized social media platforms, and the way the idea of Black Twitter has modified over time.
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