Bookmarks (TV program)

{{short description|American streaming television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| image =

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| genre = Educational

| director = Fracaswell Hyman

| presenter = Marley Dias

| starring = Various

| theme_music_composer =

| endtheme = "Don't Forget Who You Are"
by Common feat. PJ

| composer =

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 12

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

  • Jesse Collins
  • Fracaswell Hyman
  • Marley Dias
  • Dionne Harmon
  • David Talbert
  • Lyn Talbert

}}

| producer = Tiffany Haddish

| editor = {{Plainlist|

  • Gerrad Holtz
  • Hector Lopez
  • Chris Smith

}}

| runtime = 3-11 minutes

| company = Jesse Collins Entertainment

| network = Netflix

| first_aired = {{Start date|2020|09|01}}

| last_aired = present

}}

Bookmarks is an educational television series presented by Marley Dias.{{cite web |url=https://www.thereviewgeek.com/bookmarks-s1review/#:~:text=Despite%20these%20issues%2C%20Bookmarks%20is,reading%20back%20into%20the%20conversation. |title=Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices – Netflix Season 1 Review |website=The Review Geek |date=September 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2020/09/01/bookmarks-celebrating-black-voices-netflix-review/ |title=Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices review – a pre-school show that lets kids see themselves in their stories |website=Ready Steady Cut |date=September 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020}} Produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment for Netflix and directed by Fracaswell Hyman, the series premiered on September 1, 2020.

Cast

Episodes

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Tiffany Haddish Reads I Love My Hair

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Tiffany Haddish reads "I Love My Hair" by Natasha Tarpley.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Grace Byers Reads I Am Enough

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Author Grace Byers reads her book "I Am Enough".

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Caleb McLaughlin Reads Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Caleb McLaughlin reads "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut" by Derrick Barnes.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Lupita Nyong'o Reads Sulwe

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Author Lupita Nyong'o reads her book "Sulwe".

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Marsai Martin Reads ABCs For Girls Like Me

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Marsai Martin reads "ABCs For Girls Like Me" by Melanie Goolsby.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Karamo Brown Reads I Am Perfectly Designed

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Co-author and Queer Eye co-star Karamo Brown reads "I Am Perfectly Designed".

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Jill Scott Reads Pretty Brown Face and Brown Boy Joy

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Jill Scott reads Andrea Davis Pinkney's book "Pretty Brown Face" and "Brown Boy Joy" by Thomishia Booker.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Misty Copeland Reads Firebird

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Author Misty Copeland reads her book "Firebird".

|LineColor = DE946F

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Common Reads Let's Talk About Race

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Rapper Common reads "Let's Talk About Race" by Julius Lester.

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|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Jacqueline Woodson Reads The Day You Begin

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Author Jacqueline Woodson reads her book "The Day You Begin".

|LineColor = DE946F

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|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Kendrick Sampson Reads Antiracist Baby

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Kendrick Sampson reads "Antiracist Baby" by Ibram X. Kendi.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = Marley Dias Reads We March

|AltTitle =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|9|01}}

|ShortSummary = Marley Dias reads "We March" by Shane Evans.

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}}

}}

Release

Bookmarks was released on September 1, 2020, on Netflix.

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