Bookmarks (TV program)

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Bookmarks
Genre Educational
Directed byFracaswell Hyman
Presented by Marley Dias
StarringVarious
Ending theme"Don't Forget Who You Are"
by Common feat. PJ
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Jesse Collins
  • Fracaswell Hyman
  • Marley Dias
  • Dionne Harmon
  • David Talbert
  • Lyn Talbert
Producer Tiffany Haddish
Editors
  • Gerrad Holtz
  • Hector Lopez
  • Chris Smith
Running time3-11 minutes
Production companyJesse Collins Entertainment
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseSeptember 1, 2020 (2020-09-01) 
present

Bookmarks is a 2020 educational streaming television program presented by Marley Dias. [1] [2] Produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment for Netflix and directed by Fracaswell Hyman, the series premiered on September 1, 2020.

Contents

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Tiffany Haddish Reads I Love My Hair"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Tiffany Haddish reads "I Love My Hair" by Natasha Tarpley.
2"Grace Byers Reads I Am Enough"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Author Grace Byers reads her book "I Am Enough".
3"Caleb McLaughlin Reads Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Caleb McLaughlin reads "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut" by Derrick Barnes.
4"Lupita Nyong'o Reads Sulwe"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Author Lupita Nyong'o reads her book "Sulwe".
5"Marsai Martin Reads ABCs For Girls Like Me"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Marsai Martin reads "ABCs For Girls Like Me" by Melanie Goolsby.
6"Karamo Brown Reads I Am Perfectly Designed"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Co-author and Queer Eye co-star Karamo Brown reads "I Am Perfectly Designed".
7"Jill Scott Reads Pretty Brown Face and Brown Boy Joy"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Jill Scott reads Andrea Davis Pinkney's book "Pretty Brown Face" and "Brown Boy Joy" by Thomishia Booker.
8"Misty Copeland Reads Firebird"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Author Misty Copeland reads her book "Firebird".
9"Common Reads Let's Talk About Race"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Rapper Common reads "Let's Talk About Race" by Julius Lester.
10"Jacqueline Woodson Reads The Day You Begin"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Author Jacqueline Woodson reads her book "The Day You Begin".
11"Kendrick Sampson Reads Antiracist Baby"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Kendrick Sampson reads "Antiracist Baby" by Ibram X. Kendi.
12"Marley Dias Reads We March"
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Marley Dias reads "We March" by Shane Evans.

Release

Bookmarks was released on September 1, 2020, on Netflix.

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