Boston University Center for Anti-Racist Research Director Ibram X. Kendi will partner with Netflix to adapt three of his books into film. The creator of the popular Disney Junior program Doc McStuffins will adapt one of the books into children’s videos.
The popular digital streaming service Netflix is partnering with a leading critical race theorist to create movie renditions for three of his books.
Ibram X. Kendi — who leads Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research — will partner with Netflix to adapt Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You, and Antiracist Baby into film.
The children’s bestseller Antiracist Baby will be produced by Kendi himself, according to a statement from Netflix. Chris Nee, creator of Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins, will help Kendi transform the book into a series of music videos.
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