Iconic actor and fashion trendsetter Billy Porter are all set to be the narrator of BET’s docuseries Black + Iconic. It is a four-part series of documentaries that focus on various black icons and supernovas who were masters of their art form and pioneers in their style and substance. Billy Porter is known for his acting skill and has starred in films like Humblind, Anything’s Possible, and the 2021 live-action iteration of Cinderella. Porter has won numerous Grammys, Emmys, and Tony awards over a lifetime of reality TV shows as well as film projects that focus on pride and fashion. Now, the actor will tell the story of black-style icons who made history.
About The Docuseries
The project is executive produced by Stanley Nelson and will focus on how black icons set great examples in the world of fashion, whether they were singer-songwriters like Rihanna or actors like Porter himself. Here’s what Nelson had to say about the 2 hour long docuseries:
“I was really excited to tell this story,” Nelson said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. The producer spoke about how his father’s passion for style lit a spark in him that brought him here today.
“He always felt that, to keep the world at bay, one of the things that he could do was dress.”
The producer wanted to cover a lot of different aspects under one umbrella. That was their main goal while trying to bring together black people from all walks of life in the industry. The documentary will include interviews with models as well as stylists who have been trailblazers of style and substance.
“We really wanted to cover as much as we possibly could in a two-hour program,” said Nelson.
“I think one of the interesting things that’s happening in fashion is that everybody’s into fashion. Who would have thought 20 years ago that the stars of hip-hop would be so into fashion? I think it’s time that we look back on the history of fashion, but also on contemporary fashion.”
