EXCLUSIVE: For the Tradition with Amanda Parris has been given a second season at Canada’s CBC, with David Harewood and Monica Wright Rogers visitor starring.
The present sees the TV host create house “that centre Blackness and Black of us all over the world” as Parris speaks to cultural leaders, activists and on a regular basis folks in locations like Ghana, Jamaica, Dallas and London.
Season 2 will deal with a variety of matters together with Black males’s psychological well being, the fee for youths all over the world who want to pursue basketball, imagining a future past police and prisons, Black meals sovereignty, the affect tourism and Black travellers have on Black nations, and the thought of “strategic singlehood” for a rising variety of Black girls.
Homeland star Harewood and two-time WNBA champion and Toronto Tempo Basic Supervisor Wright Rogers have been revealed as the primary tranche of company. Final season featured the likes of Bob Hearts Abishola creator Gina Yashere.
Parris has hosted numerous reveals on the Canadian pubcaster and For the Tradition was not too long ago nominated for 4 2025 Canadian Display Awards, together with Greatest Host or Presenter, Factual or Actuality/Competitors.
“For the Tradition is a dream venture and I’m so grateful and excited to be engaged on it once more,” mentioned Parris. “It feels extra essential than ever to work on a collection that attracts connections throughout borders and creates house for in-depth dialog, intimate insights and moments of pleasure and creativeness.”
For the Tradition is produced by OYA Media Group and Noble Tv, in affiliation with CBC. Parris is govt producer. For OYA Media Group, Alison Duke and Ngardy Conteh George are producers. For Noble Tv, Nabil Mehchi and Frank Fiorito are producers. For CBC, Sally Catto is Basic Supervisor, Leisure, Factual and Sports activities; Jennifer Dettman is Government Director, Unscripted Content material; Sandra Kleinfeld is Senior Director, Documentary; and Lucius Dechausay is Government in Cost of Manufacturing, CBC Docs. TVF Worldwide distributes the primary season outdoors Canada.
