Watch Trailer For Netflix Doc Stamped From the Beginning

The evolution and origins of racism in America are explored in Stamped From the Beginning. Today Netflix have released the official Trailer for Roger Ross Williams film ahead of it’s premiere next month.

Oscar-winning director Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s best-selling book Stamped From the Beginning to the streaming world. Using vivid animations and leading female scholars to explore the history of anti-Black racist ideas.

Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s New York Times bestseller to the screen with Stamped From the Beginning. Published in 2016, Dr. Kendi’s National Book Award winner chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history.

Williams’ documentary adaptation uses an innovative animation process that blends live action with the art of the era to illuminate figures and moments both well-known and obscure, both historical and contemporary. Leading female academics and activists such as Dr. Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan, and Dr. Kendi guide viewers through a searing of how racist tropes and imagery were developed and enshrined in American culture. Directed and produced by Williams (Cassandro, Music by Prudence, Love to Love You, Donna Summer), Stamped From the Beginning is executive produced by Dr. Kendi and NAA Image Award winner Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane).

Stamped From the Beginning will stream on Netflix from 20th November.