Ibram X. Kendi to Adapt ‘How to Raise an Antiracist’ and Six Other Books for the Screen via Maroon Visions Banner (EXCLUSIVE)

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Selome Hailu Ibram X. Kendi is developing a documentary based on his bestselling book “How to Raise an Antiracist.” The project is one of seven book-to-screen adaptations in the works at his production company Maroon Visions, which is overseen by head of development and production Michael Lebowitz (“Unsolved Mysteries,” “I Am Not Okay with This”).

The company previously produced Netflix’s “Stamped From the Beginning,” based on Kendi’s book of the same name, and ESPN’s “Skin in the Game.” Kendi and Lebovitz serve as executive producers on each of the adaptations. “How to Raise an Antiracist” is a follow-up to Kendi’s 2019 book “How to Be an Antiracist.” Published in 2023 via Penguin Random House, the book “guides parents, caregivers and teachers on how to protect children from harmfully racist messages while raising them to come of age and join the efforts to create equity and justice for all.” Maroon Visions is also developing a scripted series based on “Black Against Empire” by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E.

Martin Jr. From the University of California Press, “Black Against Empire” is described as “an authoritative history of the Black Panther Party” that “shows how these young revolutionaries organized, empowered and served their communities in the face of the government’s violent war against them.” The book has been endorsed by Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale, and was won by Maroon Visions in a competitive auction.

The series hails from Boat Rocker, where Maroon Visions is under a first-look deal. “Token” by Beverly Kendall (2023) is in development as a TV series helmed by Jacque Edmonds Cofer (“The Wonder Years” reboot, “Moesha”).