Stamped From The Beginning Netflix Confirm Release Date!!!

When Is Netflix’s Stamped From The Beginning Coming? Well, in January 2021, Netflix announced a partnership with the famous professor Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. They planned to create two documentaries and an animated series based on Dr. Kendi’s bestselling books.

One of the documentaries, titled “Stamped from the Beginning,” is set to premiere on Netflix in November 2023 after debuting at TIFF 2023.

These projects were initially revealed in early 2021, but Netflix later canceled the animated series in May 2022. Emmy Award-winner Roger Ross Williams, known for works like “The Innocence Files” and “The Apollo,” will direct both documentaries, one of which will be a hybrid-scripted feature.

The projects will be produced by Williams’ production company, One Story Up, and executive produced by Mara Brock Akil, a NAACP Image Award-winner known for shows like “Girlfriends” and “Being Mary Jane.”

Dr. Kendi will also be an executive producer. If you’re curious to learn more about “Stamped From The Beginning,” keep reading this article till the end to get all the details.

Stamped From The Beginning Netflix Confirm Release Date

The documentary “Stamped From The Beginning” had its first showing at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September 2023.

After that, everyone around the world will get the chance to watch it on Netflix starting from November 15, 2023. So, if you missed it at the festival, you won’t have to wait too long to see it on Netflix.

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Who Is Dr. Ibram X. Kendi?

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is a highly respected historian and leading expert in fighting racism in America. He currently occupies the esteemed Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities at Boston University and is the founder of the BU Center for Antiracist Research.

You can find his thought-provoking writings in The Atlantic, and he contributes to CBS News as a specialist in racial justice. Dr. Kendi also served as the 2020-2021 Frances B. Cashin Fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Among his many accomplishments, he authored “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, making him the youngest-ever recipient of this honor.

This book was not only a New York Times bestseller but also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and nominated for an NAACP Image Award.

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More About Netflix’s Stamped From The Beginning

Netflix’s “Stamped from the Beginning” is a unique documentary that combines real-life storytelling with animation. It runs for 85 minutes and is based on Dr. Kendi’s acclaimed book, “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas,” which won the National Book Award.

This powerful documentary will be both directed and produced by the talented Oscar and Emmy Award-winner Roger Ross Williams, who’s known for his work on projects like “The Innocence Files,” “The Apollo,” “Life, Animated,” and “Music by Prudence” through his production company, One Story Up.

Additionally, it will be executive produced by Mara Brock Akil, who’s received the NAACP Image Award for her work on shows like “Girlfriends,” “The Game,” and “Being Mary Jane.” Dr. Kendi himself will also be an executive producer, making this a remarkable collaboration to look forward to.