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‘Number One On The Call Sheet’ Directors Shola Lynch & Reginald Hudlin On The Importance Of Documenting Black Cinema

Directors Reginald Hudlin and Shola Lynch talk to Deadline about the making of latest Apple TV+ documentary Number One on the Call Sheet

The documentary features a roster of celebrities such as Halle Berry, Alfre Woodard, Denzel Washington, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jamie Foxx, Angela Bassett, Kevin Hart, Daniel Kaluuya, Viola Davis, Will Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Eddie Murphy and more, who speak candidly about navigating various difficulties in the industry that led to their ultimate success alongside paying heartfelt homage to historical moments in Black media culture. Here, Deadline speaks to Hudlin and Lynch about the inspiration, challenges and the future of Black cinema in Number One on the Call Sheet. We also had the foresight to bring in Angela Basset and Halle Berry early as EPs and then Whoopi [Goldberg] and Viola [Davis], so it was pretty stacked.

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