Jemele Hill
Birthday: Born in 1975-12-21 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Deathday: Alive
Jemele Hill was born on December 21, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Luke Cage (2016), National Champions (2021) and New Money. She has been married to Ian Wallace since November 10, 2019.
TV Credits
Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations....
VICE News Tonight
Character: Herself
VICE News' half-hour nightly newscast. We now interrupt your regularly scheduled worldview....
Marvel's Luke Cage
Character: Jemele Juanita Hill
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire....
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Character: Product Purger
A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed by a core cast of black women....
The Shop
Character: Self
A one-of-a-kind barbershop experience with unfiltered conversation and debate from the biggest names in sports and entertainment....
Level Playing Field
Character: Self
A sports documentary series featuring a range of stories that illuminate how public policies have contributed to inequities in the sports landscape and society at large....
Power Book II: Ghost
Character: Jemele Hill
Picking up just days after the “Power” finale, this sequel series follows Tariq navigating his new life, in which his desire to shed his father’s legacy comes up against the mounting pressure to save his family....
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities....
Shut Up and Dribble
Character: Narrator (voice)
An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of the NBA....
Black Twitter: A People's History
Character: Self - Writer + Journalist
The rise, movements, voices and memes that made Black Twitter an influential and dominant force in nearly every aspect of American political and cultural life....
Vice Versa
Character: Self
Independent, immersive, and provocative documentary specials giving voice to radical and unapologetic points of view and tackling broken systems and corrupt power structures head on....
Above the Fold with Jemele Hill
Character: Host
Above the Fold, hosted by renowned sports journalist Jemele Hill, delivers a bold perspective on the sports world. Known for her sharp insights, Jemele tackles major headlines and highlights often-overlooked stories....
Movie Credits
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Character: Self - Sports Journalist (archive footage)
Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee....
The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports
Character: Self
Fifty years ago in the Bronx, a new genre of music was born, the product of a people searching for their voice and the opportunity to be heard. For decades, the community was bound by the words of leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X before their assassinations attempted to thwart the messaging. While their lives ended, the impact of their words never would, instead paving the way for others. Soon, athletes and entertainers would step to the microphone and boldly become the sound of a...
Bye Bye Barry
Character: Self
When NFL superstar Barry Sanders vanished at the height of his career, he left the NFL world in shock. He was still in his prime, chasing the all-time NFL rushing record when he boarded a flight to England and never stepped foot on the field again. Now, 24 years later, Barry retraces his steps through the streets of London to finally confront the mystery....
National Champions
Character: Jemele Hill
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools....
Power of the Dream
Character: Self
The empowering and unlikely true story of how a group of professional women's basketball players took on a WNBA team owner and rallied behind now-Senator Raphael Warnock, forever changing the landscape of their sport and the course of U.S. politics....
One Man and His Shoes
Character: Self
'One Man and His Shoes' tells the story of the phenomenon of Air Jordan sneakers showing their social, cultural and racial significance and how ground-breaking marketing strategies created a multi-billion-dollar business....
With Drawn Arms
Character: Self
The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the world watched as two American runners, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took the stage as the U.S. national anthem played, raising their fists in a symbol of black struggle and solidarity....
Memes & Nightmares
Character: Self
If one of the most popular memes goes missing from Twitter, would anyone notice? NBA Twitter King Josiah Johnson seeks an answer, where his journey explores our relationship with ephemeral media, and each other in the digital age....
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams
Character:
The untold story about how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an all-star team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to rally young voters while winning hearts of communities, and how their strategy has echoed in contemporary politics....