We are now looking at these series with black women - because they just tell good stories
: With, “I May Destroy You” oderthe series world becomes increasingly diverse. Fortunately! The days when People of Color,And in particular black women were only occupied in a few supporting roles or as a sidekick in series. And that was time too!
There is still a lot to do, and the series world should be a lot richer and more diverse, but the current offer alone shows that the potential is huge. And we want to see these stories! Because they are so often so universal, but they also sensitize us to look outside our own box. Whether sitcom, drama or horror, the narrative form series offers the perfect stage for new, smart, emposic values and empowering heroines.
In these 16 series we are not only entertained by black women, but also inspired
Comedy-Serie: “Abbott Elementary”
The Mockumentary style sitcom is intelligent, fast-paced and entertaining. The idealistic Jeanine (Quinta Brunson) works as a teacher at a state primary school in Philadelphia and can deal with adversely such as scarce budgets, crowded classrooms and the maximum chaotic headmistress AVA (Janelle James). At her side: Temporary Gregory (Tyler James Williams), the experienced Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph), the nerdige Jacob (Chris Perfetti) and the slightly removed Melissa (Lisa Ann Walters).
Together you survive inPower failures, vivid with abstruse social media videos for sponsored teaching materials and fight against the brakes of the local school authority. Social and socially critical tones are omnipresent here, but are always cushioned with a lot of wit and even more heart. Series creator, author and leading actress Quinta Brunson was currently happy about numerous prizes, including theFor the best comedy series.
Four seasons, see at Disney+.From season four there is only the first part on Disney+.
Coming-of-Age-Drama: “Euphoria”
The serial sensation with multi -talent(, “Dune”) in 2019 delights of especially young spectators: inside in collective rapture. Meanwhile, shocked parents shared their anxiety on social networks. Because rarely life (American) teenagers were rarely brought to the screen on the inside than in: Sex, drugs, trauma andwhere you look.
The 17-year-old Rue () If in her grief for the late father, the mother (Nika King) terrorizes and traumatizes the little sister (,). Their school friends (including Alexa Demie,,) are all cracked in latently, every addiction for relevance, recognition and their way in a much too fast life. And the boys, especially quarterback Nate (Jacob Elordi), have their construction sites on the football field and in the family alike -is mostly the motto.
Between excess and withdrawal, self -destruction and self -discovery, Rue becomes friends with Jules (Hunter Schafer), who was newly drawn into the suburb. Jules is - as well–And fights against your own demons and for self -determination. Together they find friendship and also something like love among outsiders. But it's complicated and so isRather not known for his happy ends, but for relentless storylines, drastic pictures, but also the associated depth and an extremely creative, visual implementation.(Daughter of a black father and onewhiteMother, with her serial character Rue it is the other way around), fascinates with a mixture of raptivity and urgency that has already brought her two Emmys.
Award -winning dramedy: "The Bear"
Yes, chef! Available Ayo () In this series on Disney+ next to Jeremy All White the wooden spoon. That sounds little spectacular at first, but appearance is deceptive: Because the series around Carmy and Sydney and its “Wild Bunch of Misfits” have won every possible price that can be cleared for series production. EDEBIRI was also used for the representation of the young ambitious Sydney with pricesBest leading actressbothand Co. overwhelmed.
InWhen it comes to Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), who has received his brother's restaurant with all the pitfalls and the entire workforce. He himself cooked under extreme stress in the best restaurant in the world, now he should take over a badly led diner and often badly mood staff and make it again profitably. It's good that the young, ambitious Sydney () wants to support him. Together, the two - without many words and above all without a love story - go through thick and thin, cooking, testing, planning together and talking to the other person well if they need the most necessary.
In two seasons you can as a spectator: in seeing how from a bunch of auxiliary checks: the inside and waitress that is by far the coolest restaurant workforce in the series universe. And honestly: without Edebiris Sydney and her season-two-catchphrase“That’s wild!”Would just not be that good.
Three seasons, to see at Disney+.
Thriller-Serie: “How to Get Away with Murder”
Viola Davis (“Fences”, “The Woman King”) in her parade role as a defense lawyer and legal professor Annalisene Keating with a body in the basement was long burner andGuilty PleasureCountless series fans. Somewhere between "I know what you did last summer",And “Law & Order” you could see the righteous newcomers to study: in the inside, as they can be tensed for for their purposes by the awesome, but also manipulative keating. Everything for teaching purposes, of course! Means Keatings course "How to get away with murder" (or in the original:).
Peppered with exciting subplots and merciless cliffhangers, you came back again and again, especially because of Davis' figure. Asshe spends daily fights and becomes more constantconfronted what she made hard. But probably also the better criminal defense lawyer than many of her male colleagues. There are also secrets and trauma of private nature, which sometimes let their actions drift into unscrupulous.
Known for their “everything or nothing” intent in acting, Viola Davis gives her Annalisene Keating these nuances between inaccessibility and vulnerability, which make a figure so exciting. In the meantime, she has already cleared a good 100 awards, including the Oscar, the Golden Globe, the Tony and the Emmy.
Six seasons, see at Netflix.
Serie mit Reese Witherspoon: “Little Fires Everywhere”
A suburb of Ohio in the late 1990s: Mia Warren (, “Django Unchained”, “Scandal”) lives a nomadic lifestyle as an artist and, with her tea crosser daughter Pearl (Lexi Underwood), moves into a house of the perfectly-looking middle-class family Richardson. Journalist and four -time mother Elena Richardson (, “Walk the Line”, “Big Little Lies”) is an integral part of the conservatives, majoritywhiteVorstadt community, Family First and Image is everything. Mia now brings the traditional idyll gently, then more vehemently out of balance, because it scratches the laboriously built up and often the people there with their self -righteous, often.
is a story about two very different women and mothers, at the beginning of which there is a mysterious fire, but the core of which it is about social inequality, which is so often the fire accelerator for existential conflicts. The fact that Mia and daughter Pearl are black women in the series adaptation, while this is never discussed in the book, helps to make these social cracks even clearer. Because in addition to social differences, subliminal, sometimes open, flows openwith one.
The eight-part drama series based on Celeste's success novel, by the creators of “Big Little Lies”, is again a fabric that was presented in Reese Witherspoo Feuantly Togled Book Club and was then implemented by the Oscar winner who is now working as a producer. Like recently with the film adaptation of the customerand the series hitHere, too, she already had the right hand for thematically highly relevant and successfully adaptable material for the screen.
Political drama series: “Scandal”
And right awayIn one of the many series hits from Shonda Rhimes (,,). This time Washington, as a political advisor and crisis manager, ensures that the title-giving scandals do not grow to become veritable disasters. As a tough Olivia Pope, she shines with a tactical flair and regularly goes with her team to primarily go to both embarrassing private and state -supporting miserieswhiterTo iron out people. Their allies, the so -called gladiator: inside, are an illustrious group of as ingenious as dubious underdogs.
Olivia Pope is the wife of Powerhouse, but, so much slips away from her privately. Which is also due to her own family trauma. Kerry Washington has inimitable facial expressions and the perfect chemistry with co-star Tony Goldwyn (“Ghost”, “Lovecraft Country”), US President and their affair, but the degree between romance and tragedy is narrow. However, one thing always proves one of them, personal strength and a impeccable fashion taste.
Seven seasons, see at Disney+.
Harte Serie aus UK: “I May Destroy You”
A story like a brute party night followed by a dive in the Kneipp basin. Arabella (Michaela Coel) is the author, millennial and a black woman. Together with her best friend: inside, the upright actress Terry (Works Opia) and the gay fitness trainer Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), she lives in London, datet, discusses, argues with himself, sometimes the family, sometimes and sometimes lets it crack. During a spontaneous party night, she becomes the victim of one, however, she (initially) completely lacks memory of the incident. A laceration on the forehead and a dull feeling that something is wrong, they drive around from now on. Until the puzzle is composed bit by bit.
Michaela Coel (“Chewing Gum”,) is a creator and leading actress of this massive and important drama series,And the question. And for that, Coel finds inSo many clever, nuanced and thoughtful examples that, enriched with an astonishing selection of time -sized topics and a good portion of joke, are interwoven to a strong story. From many critics: named the best drama series 2020 inside, Michaela Coel and the Emmy was awarded the Emmy for the best script.
Netflix-Klassiker: “Orange Is the New Black”
Almost ten years ago there was the first season ofon Netflix. The whole thing was so new and interesting because, on the one hand, prison series have always been clear male domain - with “Behind bars - the women's jail”, we don't start here now! -, and because the cast was so diverse, so inclusive, so refreshing and cool. And almost without men or at least only on the sidelines.
Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren (Uzo Aduba), Tasha Jefferson (Danielle Brooks), Poussey Washington (Samira Wiley) or prison hairdresser Sophia Burset (Lavererne Cox), were all iconic black women's figures. In addition, withProbably a black one for the first timewas occupied in a load-bearing role of a blockbuster series. An important sign, not just for that.
In addition, there were a number of famous Latin American actresses such as Dascha Polanco and Selenis Leyva as imprisoned mother daughter team in a permanent clinch and so exciting American colleagues such as Laura Prepon, Natasha Lyonne or Taryering. And in the middle of it the privileged,whitePiper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), who with her “I am definitely out of place” attitude in the forced community of prison is quickly instructed. Whether, social or racist clichés, the series tackled all hot iron and has transported many an overdue message from the microcosm prison to the real world beyond the screen.
Seven seasons, see at Netflix.
Antirassismus-Serie: “Dear White People”
is the serial sequel of the film of the same name from 2014. Logan Browning inherited in the Tessa Thompson series as the main character Samantha White. As a black student at a (fictitious) US elite university, she and her POC/BIPOC play students experience every day that skin color and origin play a larger role here than everyone wants to show, and equal treatment is far from tangible. In her title-giving campus show, Sam, supported by a group of friends, keeps the united lessons in terms of friends:based on.
In the series, common-In discussions also regularly rotated radically on the left, for example if the male,whiteCounter movement a “Dear Black People” party organized,including. Good criticism also mingled with tons of good criticism, the series would operate reverse racism, i.e. discriminationwhiterPersons. An accusation that author Justin Simien saw calmly: Here, handing out and plugging in the scales in all directions.
Four seasons, see at Netflix.
Empowernde Serie: “Insecure”
The series by and with Issa Rae is the successful example of modernitybetter tells differently than in the last-Sequel. Beyond convulsive wickness, instead authentic and with great identification potential.
Like we all fight protagonist Issa and her three friends Kelli, Molly and Tiffany (Natasha Rothwell, Yvonne Orji and Amanda Seales) with their jobs, the pitfalls, Serial addiction and also with yourself. But they are smart, empoal value and support each other unconditionally. Issa Rae, who are also privately for women's, civil rights and theMovement strong, has withA timeless series about feminism andcreated.
Sitcom-Serie: “Black-ish”
Advertising specialist Dre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) and his wife, anesthesist Dr. Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross), are a successful upper-class couple and move into one with the four childrenwhiteNeighborhood. The comedy series focuses funny and cleverly interpersonal and socio-political conflicts with the focus on family. The big question of the common, more global but personal: Who are we and what do we want to be? Traceee Ellis Ross (daughter of Soul-Diva Diana Ross) was awarded numerous prizes for her representation of the Bow in “Black-Ish”.
By the way, Barack Obama is a fan of the series, Donald Trump hates her and even pulled it to the field on Twitter (now X). If that's not another quality feature!
Eight seasons, see at Disney+.
Horror-Serie: “Them”
In this anthology series, of which a relay so far, a second has already been announced, the 1950s form the backdrop for the ubiquitous racial conflict. The couple Emory (Deborah Ayorinde and Ashley Thomas) moves with the two daughters from the deepest south of the United States to Compton, now known as a suburb of LA today as a birthplace of the Gangster rapeseed and social focus, was still a common way. And so prepare the neat, colorful houses and as if on the assembly line bleachedwhiteHousewives with a zombie hunt excessive smile inThe stage for the incitement of mischief.
From then on, Lucky Emory and her family, who have to process a personal tragedy, are terrorized by both real and supernatural threats. In this setting, real orgies of violence are staged in order to make the core topicAnd to tell the cultural gap as a classic horror story. This is not for the weak nerves and tender minds, but it is probably important to implement this explosive topic visually uncomfortably.
In addition to all fiction, the series makers sprinkle: inside, including Lena Waithe (), excitingAnd references that always put terror in the concrete cultural context of this time. It will be interesting to see what season two will look like!
Two seasons, see at Amazon Prime.
New series: “swarm of bees”
The new litter was eagerly awaited by Donald Glover Aka Childish Gambino and makers of the successful series “Atlanta”. “Swarm of bees” is based on an incident that was circulating on the Internet in 2016: A young woman committed suicide, supposedly after she had listened to Beyoncé's new publication “Lemonade” at the time.
This is how it happens here with Marissa (Chloe Bailey), who, recently left the friend, takes life. The artist inmeans ni'jah (nirine S. brown), parallels toobut are obvious (especially their fan characters also operate under the name "Beyhive"). Marissa's sister Dre (Dominique Fishback, “Judas and the Black Messiah”, “Black-Is”), who is even a manic admirer of Ni'jah, stumbles through the story between fan fanaticism and revenge fantasies. The goal is not the pop diva itself, but everyone who disparages them. Also reminds a little of the novel “My sister, the series killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite from 2020.
Between Körnig unfiltered reality and psychedelic colorful video clip look, the whole thing quickly tilts towards horror. A genre that is recently used to tell stories about black people in America and to illustrate the social cracks, class struggles and the drastics of social differences. Written on the series, among other things. Appearances from, who gives their acting debut here, and Paris Jackson are additional casting tricks that make you curious about the seven crunchy episodes.
German series: “Die Discounter”
In this country you have to search for a little longer until you find series material that also focuses on one or even more black or bipoc women. Finally, “Die Discounter” from the twin brothers Oskar and Emil Belton as well as Bruno Alexander, all of whom also take on roles, and co-produced by Ober-Christian Ulmen.
Since the sophisticated mockmentary is a ensemble reformat with a lot of foreignhab potential, rapper Nura (formerly part of the rap duos SXTN) is the cashier flora in the front row. At Feinkost Kolinski, a discounter in Hamburg-Altona, a whole batch of curious “subject” and helpers came together and masters the larger and smaller everyday crises in the supermarket microcosm.
In a consistently strong cast (UA Marc Hosemann, Ludger Bökelmann, Marie Bloching, Merlin Sandmeyer), flora is the mood cannon and college alike with steadfast self -confidence and extremely loose mouth. She linkedWith F*ck-you-attitude, sometimes attacking, sometimes supportive, likes to say radically, but can also take it. She knows what she wants and she gets that too. As a prospectiveIn this way, it also draggs Peter Fox (one of numerous guest stars in the first season) for a sample to the summer summer festival.
Four seasons, see at Amazon Prime.
Coole Remake-Serie: “High Fidelity”
Is there a cooler actress than? Maybe. However, there is certainly no better and more cynical record shop owner than the actress in “High Fidelity”. In the series you follow Rob, who tries to get over her heartache. But it's not that simple.
In short, charming consequences, Rob reports what happened and why the past love still hurts. And because Rob Plattenladen owner is, she pulls the trip to the reasons for her wounded heart with songs. That was also the case in Nick Hornby's book template - but at the timewhiterMedium -free reports of his lovesickness.As Rob, there is definitely an upgrade!
Thriller-Satire: “The Other Black Girl”
The mini series “The other Black Girl” ticks some boxes: it is satirical, exciting, absurd, absurd and at the same time takes up important topics such as sexism and structural racism. It is perfect for fans of psychological horror who is more towards mystery. You can do the whole thing as a mixtureandIntroduce - only with pretty cool female main characters.
Nella (Sinclair Daniel) is the only black woman in her company and has been unhappy in her job as an assistant for years. As the only POC, she is constantly asked by her employees: on the inside of her opinion on “Black Topics”, but must not be too “different” than herswhiteCollege: inside. But then Hazel (Ashleigh Murray) appears - “The other Black Girl”, so another black employee. But she somehow seems suspicious. There are supernatural things that may just be hallucinations? Who knows. Maybe the new has something to do with it. Or maybe there is something cruel in your company.
