| Beyond Black Beauty | |
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| Genre | family drama |
| Created by | Carmen Pilar Golden |
| Written by | Carmen Pilar Golden Kara Harun Cheryl Meyer Jay Vaidya Murry Peeters Amanda Fahey Joan Digba |
| Directed by | Alicia K. Harris Alison Reid Mars Horodyski |
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| Composers | Yves Gourmeur Leny Magoufakis |
| Country of origin | Canada Belgium |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
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| Producer | Borga Dorter |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Family Channel |
| Release | March 15 – May 28, 2024 |
Beyond Black Beauty is a Canadian-Belgian youth drama series, which premiered in 2024. [1] Inspired by the influential novel Black Beauty , the series stars Kaya Coleman as Jolie Dumont, a young woman with a passion for horses and a dream of competing in equestrian events at the Olympic Games.
After growing up in Liège as the daughter of wealthy Belgian industrialist Cédric (Gilles Marini) and his American wife Janelle (Sagine Sémajuste), who trained her in the English riding style, her life is upended when her parents split up and her mother takes her back to her own more modest family roots in Baltimore.
Initially unhappy, she finds new meaning and opportunity in the situation when she connects with Beauty, the seemingly untrainable wild horse at the family ranch run by Janelle's sister Yvonne (Lisa Berry), and begins to learn more about rodeo culture and Western riding. [2]
The series was produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, Leif Films and Saga Film, [3] and was filmed principally in and around North Bay, Ontario. [4]
The series has been noted for highlighting the Black cowboy culture that has gained prominence in the 2020s. [1]
It premiered March 15, 2024, on Family Channel, [5] and launched in October 2024 on Amazon Prime Video in the United States. [6]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Losing My Religion" | Alicia K. Harris | Carmen Pilar Golden | March 15, 2024 |
| 2 | "This Used to Be My Playground" | Alicia K. Harris | Jay Vaidya | March 15, 2024 |
| 3 | "Good Mother" | Alicia K. Harris | Murry Peeters | March 26, 2024 |
| 4 | "Everybody Hurts" | Alison Reid | Kara Harun, Cheryl Meyer | April 2, 2024 |
| 5 | "Confessions" | Alison Reid | Amanda Fahey | April 9, 2024 |
| 6 | "Feels Like Home" | Alison Reid | Carmen Pilar Golden | April 16, 2024 |
| 7 | "My Life" | Mars Horodyski | Carmen Pilar Golden | April 23, 2024 |
| 8 | "You Gotta Be" | Mars Horodyski | Joan Digba | April 30, 2024 |
| 9 | "You Learn" | Mars Horodyski | Kara Harun, Cheryl Meyer | May 7, 2024 |
| 10 | "If You Love Me" | Alison Reid | Amanda Fahey | May 14, 2024 |
| 11 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | Alicia K. Harris | Jay Vaidya | May 21, 2024 |
| 12 | "The Promise of a New Day" | Alicia K. Harris | Carmen Pilar Golden | May 28, 2024 |
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| Canadian Screen Awards | 2025 | Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series | Matthew J.R. Bishop, Leif Bristow, Agnes Bristow, Carla de Jong, Borga Dorter, Amanda Fahey, J.J. Johnson, Alicia K. Harris, Blair Powers, Christin Simms, Jay Vaidya, Carmen Pilar Golden, Patrice Theroux, Hubert Toint, Alexis Grieve | Won | [7] |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Lisa Berry | Nominated | [8] | ||
| Akiel Julien | Nominated | ||||
| Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Alicia K. Harris "The Promise of a New Day" | Won | [7] | ||
| Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Kara Harun, Cheryl Meyer "Everybody Hurts" | Won | |||
| Best Photography in a Drama Program or Series | Amy Belling "If You Love Me" | Won | |||
| Best Makeup | Roxanne DeNobrega "This Used to Be My Playground" | Nominated | [8] | ||
| GLAAD Media Awards | 2025 | Outstanding Kids and Family Programming | "If You Love Me" | Nominated | [9] |