How to Raise a Black Boy
2020, English. Directed by Justice Jamal Jones.
Four Black boys disappear one night, as many Black boys do, and find themselves on a fantastical journey to break the curses of Black boyhood.
An experimental fairytale dedicated to the modern black boy, in which four boys disappear one night, as many black boys do, and find themselves on a fantastical journey to break the curses of black boyhood. As an homage to the great fairy tales of the past, “How To Raise a Black Boy” opens with the cover of a book, intricately carved in wood with a boy and a man on either side. “I remember home, or at least I can imagine it.” This is the voice of narrator Rayceen Pendarvis of the iconic voguing House of Pendarvis, known to many as “Mother”. The narrator is an omniscient presence, a fairy godmother, who speaks as one of the boys.
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- 0h 11m
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- Language
- English
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- 13 September 2020
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How to Raise a Black Boy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 September 2020. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed How to Raise a Black Boy?
How to Raise a Black Boy (2020) was directed by Justice Jamal Jones and stars Maiya Blaney, Rodney Chrome, Christian Coston-Payne.