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Baratunde Thurston

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Stories of aquafarmers and fishers striving for a sustainable future for the globe. Innovative solutions and ground-breaking blue food technology to save fresh waterways in addition to providing food for human consumption.
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Hope in the Water (2024– )
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Baratunde Thurston is known for Dear White People (2014), How to Be Black? and America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2022).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Tyler James Williams in Dear White People (2014)
    Dear White People
    6.1
    • Newscaster #3
    • 2014
    How to Be Black?
    TV Series
    • Producer
    America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2022)
    America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Jon Stewart, Desi Lydic, Michael Kosta, Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, and Josh Johnson in The Daily Show (1996)
    The Daily Show
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • How to Be Black?
      • executive producer
      • In Development
      • TV Series
    • America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2022)
      America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
      8.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Jon Stewart, Desi Lydic, Michael Kosta, Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, and Josh Johnson in The Daily Show (1996)
      The Daily Show
      8.3
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2015–2016

    Writer

    • America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (2022)
      America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2023

    Actor

    • Hope in the Water (2024)
      Hope in the Water
      7.7
      TV Series
      • 2024
    • Tyler James Williams in Dear White People (2014)
      Dear White People
      6.1
      • Newscaster #3
      • 2014
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:31
    Official Trailer
    Black Twitter: A People's History: Season 1
    Trailer 1:43
    Black Twitter: A People's History: Season 1
    Black Twitter: A People's History: Season 1
    Trailer 1:43
    Black Twitter: A People's History: Season 1
    Black Twitter: A People's History
    Trailer 1:29
    Black Twitter: A People's History
    America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
    Trailer 1:34
    America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

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