- Network: HULU
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 26, 2023
Critic Reviews
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
As constructed, it certainly doesn’t lack for ambition, which as a TV production turns out to be a source of weakness as well as its strength, even among those willing to hear it.
-
Hannah-Jones’ skill with interview subjects and her deftness at drawing small but crucial connections are both so strong that I came to yearn for her to craft a narrative less sweeping — to capture America, for a moment longer, through any of the individual threads she so ably pursues, without the obligation of trying to fit it all within a worthy but increasingly massive project.
-
Hulu’s The 1619 Project remains cogent, smartly argued and persuasive, but in failing to sufficiently adjust its storytelling to the visual demands and possibilities of TV, it fails to make itself essential. ... In this medium, the game was already changed — showrunner Shoshanah Guy worked on Netflix’s High on the Hog, another probably superior predecessor — and The 1619 Project is just a participant.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 3 out of 19
-
Mixed: 0 out of 19
-
Negative: 16 out of 19
-
Feb 20, 2023Pure work of fiction. This does a disservice to the viewer and its target audience.
-
Feb 6, 2023Wow I can’t believe this made it to the screen. Hollywood is embarrassing
-
Jan 31, 2023Absolute lying, garbage, divisive woke trash from a race grifter! Complete and utter b.s!