Showrunner and Executive Producer of 4-part documentary series directed by W. Kamau Bell and produced with Boardwalk Pictures.

World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival, 1/22/2022. Premiered on Showtime 1/30/2022.

Awards: Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Documentary Series, as well as award nominations by Television Critics Association and Hollywood Critics Association. Won “Best Limited Series” at Critics Choice Real TV Awards, June 2022. 

Synopsis: During his nearly 50 years in show business, Bill Cosby became one of the most recognizable Black celebrities in America. With a career that included an astronomical rise on television in the mid-1960s; work in children’s programming and education; legendary stand-up performances and albums; and an epoch-defining hit sitcom, The Cosby Show, Cosby was a model of Black excellence for millions of Americans. But now, thanks to the brave and painful testimonies of dozens of women, we know there was a sinister reality to the man once extolled as “America’s Dad.”

Over the course of four gripping episodes that feature the voices of people closely connected to Cosby’s life on screen and off, including several survivors, director W. Kamau Bell digs into who Cosby was and what his work and actions say about America, then and now. We Need To Talk About Cosby is a powerful and timely reckoning destined to be widely discussed for how it urges audiences to reconsider not only what they know about Cosby but also about the culture that produced and celebrated him.