A selection of original cable content set to debut in concert with
Black History Month, from Feb. 14 to 28:
FEB. 14-18
• Way Black When (special)
TV One
FEB. 18
• Africa First: Behind the Cameras (special)
Africa Channel
• Saint Louis Blues (film)
Africa Channel
FEB. 19
• Alonzo Bodden: Who’s Paying Attention? (special)
Showtime
• 12th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards (special)
GMC
FEB. 20
• The Color Orange:
The Condredge
Holloway Story
(documentary)
ESPN
• Wendell Scott:
A Race Story
(documentary)
ESPN
• Obama in Ghana (special)
Centric
FEB. 21
• BET Honors (special)
BET
FEB. 22
• Mississippi Damned (film)
Showtime
• Nick News: Beyond I
Have a Dream (special)
TeenNick
FEB. 25
• The Abyss Boys (film)
Africa Channel
• Pumzi [Breath] (film)
Africa Channel
• The Tunnel (film)
Africa Channel
• Still Bill (documentary)
Showtime
FEB. 26
• The Ideal Husband (special)
GMC
• Bruce Bruce: Losin’ It (special)
Showtime
Feb. 27
• AfriCOBRA: Art for the
People (special)
TV Land
Networks are also running programming vignettes
celebrating Black History Month throughout February:
MODERN BLACK HISTORY HEROES (BET):
Each week in February, BET’s music-countdown show
106 & Park will profile a current community leader and
invite its audience to submit their own modern black
history hero.
‘WHAT MATTERS’ VIGNETTES (ESPN):
ESPN will air 12 sports-related vignettes featuring
future athletes from high school and college as
they pursue their dreams and overcome obstacles.
