Netflix's Gotta Have Us see this!

Netflix's They've Gotta Have Us (2018) provides astounding insight into the development and progress of black filmmaking and filmmakers in the United States of America. The limited docuseries takes its audience through the history of pioneers in the mid-20th Century to the developments made in the early 21st Century. 

The docuseries has multiple black directors, producers, and actors elaborate on their experiences and influences while working in the film industry. The series also presents an amazing multi-generational perspective by interviewing people from three different generations of filmmaking. 

As a white male curious about the entertainment and film industry, I think this series must remain on Netflix as a stepping stone to further understand and hopefully learn from the issues prevailing as a result of centuries of discrimination. 

If interested in learning more social issues prevalent to the United States and film industry at large, I would also recommend Netflix's This Changes Everything (2019). The documentary examines multiple perspectives regarding the lack of female directors in film and how it has led to a growing divide of representation of women in film.