“Black Love” Returns to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in July
Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the sixth and final season of its culture-shifting, four-time NAACP nominated docu-series “Black Love.” Season 6 will premiere on Saturday, July 23, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. “Black Love” expanded the narrative around love to be inclusive and diverse. The series sparked elevated conversations and showcased some of America’s favorite Black couples for over five years. “Black Love” was the #1 non-sports cable telecast in its time period among African-American women.
Husband-and-wife executive producers Codie and Tommy Oliver created “Black Love” to showcase authentic, honest, emotional, and transparent love stories from some of the most beloved couples, including everyday couples, social media influencers, business professionals, and entertainment staples. “Black Love is a much-needed docu-series that has inspired so many viewers to expand how they look at love and relationships. We are thankful for the couples who provided transparency and shared their Black Love with us,” said Tina Perry, OWN President.
Black Love
The new season will feature the following couples:
Adrienne “Gammy” Banfield Norris & Rodney Norris
Remy Ma & Papoose
Mike Hill & Cynthia Bailey
DJ Envy & Gia Casey
Melanie Fiona & Jared Cotter
Eric Bellinger & La’Myia Good
JB Smoove & Shahidah Omar
Sonequa Martin-Green & Kenric Green
Ashley Blaine Featherson Jenkins & Darroll Jenkins
Kel & Asia Mitchell
Alimi & Dahn Ballard
Jeannette “JR” Reyes & Robert Burton
Ray & Rosalyn Singleton
Kier & Noèmie Gaines
MyLin & Lindsay Stokes Kennedy
Peter & Amber Saji
Virgil & Mary Toombs
Codie & Tommy Oliver (Creators)
“Black Love” explores the many different journeys of married couples and their unique journeys to become one. The Olivers launched the show as newlyweds and throughout each season, they centered “Black Love” in its many facets with a multitude of couples. Their commitment to increase representation and create transparency around marriage in the Black community via the series as well as their company Black Love, Inc. (which includes Blacklove.com, the Black Love Plus app, a thriving podcast network, and socials that exceed 70M monthly impressions) has made Black Love cool again. The Olivers have now been married for seven years and raise three sons under six years old. As their marriage and family have quickly evolved, so has the show’s exploration of marital topics and themes.
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About Confluential Films
Founded by multi-hyphenate filmmaker Tommy Oliver, Confluential Films is a production company and financier devoted to championing inclusive, authentic, and culturally specific projects, where those who should be telling a given story will be the only ones doing so.
We develop, produce, and finance across film, TV (scripted and unscripted), and documentaries, and a few of our past projects include the AFI Audience-Award winner Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss, the critically acclaimed HBO documentary 40 Years A Prisoner (TIFF), Black Love on OWN, the Sony thriller The Perfect Guy (opened #1 in the country), and the award-winning indies 1982 (TIFF), Jinn (SXSW), and Kinyarwanda (Sundance).
Upcoming projects include The Perfect Find starring Gabrielle Union, Keith Powers, and Gina Torres for Netflix and Die Like A Man starring Cory Hardrict. For more information, please visit: ConfluentialFilms.com
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