Gifted & Black will follow the genealogy of the music heard and seen on Instagram in Swizz Beatz and Timbaland's Verzuz to journey through how Black communities have drawn strength, solidarity, and resilience from music and passed this gift on to the world. James is also directing Gifted & Black, produced by Amazon Studios, Hillman Grad Productions, and Good Trouble Studios.
Being Mary is being produced with Lena Waithe of Hillman Grad Productions and Endeavor Content, alongside Debra Martin Chase of Martin Chase Productions, Andrew Coles of The Mission, with Ben Selkow and James Adolphus of Good Trouble Studios handling physical production. James is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory and recipient of the institutes' prestigious Fisher Fellow Award, annually given to the fellow who best personifies the philosophy of filmmaking as a collaborative art form.Īdolphus is currently directing Being Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Documentary, the first authorized documentary about the iconic star. DuPont Award, the Walter Cronkite Award, and the Peter Jennings Award. His work has garnered the Columbia University Alfred I. Adolphus is a two-time Emmy Award and a three-time Peabody Award winner. James Adolphus has been making globally relevant documentary films about social, cultural, and political issues for nearly twenty years.