Black Twitter: A People's History
HULU | Release Date: May 9, 2024
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: Director Penny and his team skillfully blend dozens of interviews with a treasure trove of archival footage and some perfectly placed clips from TV shows and movies to create a fascinating document of Black Twitter. Read full review
80
DeciderJoel KellerMay 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: Black Twitter: A People’s History is a fun and informative document of a phenomenon that is endemic to this particular era of social media discourse, but also helped change the discourse that was happening in general culture. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMay 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: Black Twitter might be too broad, too brief, too early to serve as the definitive account of this movement. But it’s a compelling first chapter in what’s sure to be a long and lively conversation. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJames PoniewozikMay 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: It’s an engagingly specific snapshot of the Twitter era and the social period it overlapped with: a time that was serious even when it was silly, that was fun until it wasn’t. Read full review
70
VarietyAramide TinubuMay 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: Stuffed full of interesting anecdotes, including the birth of the phrase #BlackGirlMagic, the most compelling components of the series occur here [in the first hour]. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comRendy JonesMay 9, 2024
Season 1 Review: If the viewer is a young Black kid who didn’t know of Twitter until its current X-era, the doc functions as a surface-level crash course. But the movement deserves more than a superficial appreciation. Read full review
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