The network, which will be known shorthand as theBW, is the first of its kind, will be available on all major streaming app platforms and will feature six pieces of original programming as well as license films and series through distribution company Allrites. It will be licensing music through a collaboration with Extreme Music.
The Black Women Network
Hailes Turner, who founded luxury extension salon collectionJust Extensionsin 2009 and later the cannabis lifestyle and events brand Just Cannabis in 2021, has dealt with losing distribution for her 2015Just Extensionsdocumentary. Now she aims to assist in helping other Black women secure funding and distribution for their own projects via theBW.
The entrepreneur will be teaming up with executive producer Antoinetta Hairston-Stallings, operation executive Kisha Cavette-Williams, actor and producer Novi Brown, and graphic designer Courtney Coprich.
Among the shows set for theBW’s launch areThe Undoing, a talk show about overcoming adversity; a series following Bloomingdales shoe designer Jess Rich titledBoss AF;Pretty For a Big Girl, set in the world of magazine publishing; Brown’s astrology-themed interview seriesConversation & Constellations, and a weekly independent film showcase that gives filmmakers an option to submit their work.
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