{"id":12125,"date":"2020-08-07T19:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2020-08-07T19:38:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:38:47","slug":"hbo-documentary-films-in-production-on-a-two-part-documentary-seen-heard-exploring-and-celebrating-black-television-and-voices-in-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/07\/hbo-documentary-films-in-production-on-a-two-part-documentary-seen-heard-exploring-and-celebrating-black-television-and-voices-in-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Documentary Films in Production on a Two-Part Documentary &#8220;Seen &#038; Heard,&#8221; Exploring and Celebrating Black Television and Voices in Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8956\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo.jpg 575w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-560x286.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-260x133.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hbo-logo-160x82.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>HBO Documentary Films is currently in production on SEEN &amp; HEARD, a two-part documentary exploring the history of Black television as seen through the eyes of trailblazers who wrote, produced, created and starred in groundbreaking series of the past and present.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary will offer cultural commentary about representation in black storytelling and feature interviews with actors, showrunners, writers, celebrities and other notable influencers as well as verit\u00e9-driven segments and inventive use of archival material. 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