From Entertainment Weekly: Netflix is stepping up the development of new anti-racism projects… Support our news coverage by subscribing to our Kindle Nation Daily Digest. Joining is free right now! 

The streamer is partnering with author and scholar Ibram X. Kendi to produce three new projects based on his acclaimed books Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America; Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You; and Antiracist Baby. Kendi will executive produce all three projects.

Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams (Music by Prudence and Life, Animated) will direct Stamped From the Beginning, described as “a hybrid documentary/scripted feature,” according to a press release. Girlfriends creator Mara Brock Akil will executive produce along with Kendi. Williams will also helm a companion documentary for younger viewers based on Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You.

Antiracist Baby, meanwhile, will become a series of musical animated vignettes aimed at preschoolers. Chris Nee, creator of Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins, will produce that project.

“I’m elated these projects landed at Netflix. What a wonderful partner,” Kendi said in a statement. “I’m elated to work with Roger Ross Williams, Mara Brock Akil, and Chris Nee. They are such ambitious, innovative, and passionate creators who are committed to racial justice. But I’m really elated for the viewers, for the adults and children who will be captivated, informed, and transformed by these projects.”

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