“David Makes Man,” - June 22

“David Makes Man,” is back on Tuesday, June 22nd at 10pm ET/PT after a 2020 hiatus. David Makes Man is a Peabody Award-winning and critically acclaimed drama from Academy Award® winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and Warner Bros. Television. McCraney executive produces the series alongside Dee Harris-Lawrence who serves as showrunner. The first season was lauded with cast members Akili McDowell, Cayden Williams, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles, Phylicia Rashad, and more. 

Season two finds David in his 30s (played by Kwame Patterson, “Snowfall,” “The Wire”), a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him and his community forever. The mounting pressure forces David to choose between the instincts that helped him survive or finding a new way to truly live. Production returned to Orlando, Florida, and commenced filming in October.

 

Executive Producers

Dee Harris-Lawrence / Showrunner & Executive Producer

Tarell Alvin McCraney / Creator & Executive Producer 

Michael B. Jordan / Executive Producer 

Oprah Winfrey / Executive Producer 

John Strauss / Executive Producer 

Cast

Kwame Patterson / Adult David

Arlen Escarpeta / Adult JG (David’s Brother)

Akili McDowell / Young David 

Cayden Williams/ Young JG (David’s Brother)

Alana Arenas/ Gloria (David’s Mom)

Travis Coles/ Miss Elijah

About “David Makes Man”

The Peabody Award-winning series produced by Warner Bros. Television also received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for “Best Drama,” a prestigious Gotham Award nomination, and has been named to several critics’ 2019 year-end “best of television” lists. “David Makes Man” premiered to overwhelming critical acclaim in August 2019. The New York Times called the show “deeply beautiful and distinctive” while The Washington Post called it “one of the most original and riveting TV shows this year.” During its first season run, the series ranked #2 in its time period across all cable with African-American women and reached over 4.1 million unique viewers on OWN. Season two fast-forwards and finds David in his 30s (played by Kwame Patterson, “Snowfall,” “The Wire”), a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him and his community forever; the mounting pressure forces David to choose between the instincts that helped him survive or finding a new way to truly live. The adult versions of David and his brother JG played by Patterson and Arlen Escarpeta join returning series regulars Akili McDowell, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles, and Cayden K. Williams for season two. 

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