Hulu’s Woke Wants to Start a Conversation About Police Brutality

The 8-episode series stars New Girl’s Lamorne Morris

Hulu’s upcoming comedy Woke, premiering Sept. 9, couldn’t be arriving at a better time.

The eight-episode series follows the fictional story of cartoonist Keef as he grapples with what it means to be a Black man and artist after experiencing police brutality. While Woke was filmed before the nationwide protests about police brutality following the deaths of Black Americans like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the show’s creators and writers say that the show has taken on a renewed importance.

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