News · May 10, 2022
Black History in Two Minutes (or so) wins its third straight Webby for Education & Discovery
Black History in Two Minutes (or so) was named the best social education and discovery video series of the 26th Annual Webby Awards, for the third year in a row. Darrick Angelone and AONE Creative developed and designed the series site, and AONE Creative distributes the series.
- Webby Award
- 2022
- Social: Education & Discovery
- Third year in a row
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Robert F. Smith
- New York, May 16, 2022
The story
Three years running
On May 10, 2022, AONE Creative announced that Black History in Two Minutes (or so) had been named the best social education and discovery video series of the 26th Annual Webby Awards, its third win in a row in that category.
In May 2020 the series won two Webby Awards: the People’s Voice award for Podcasts: Documentary and the Webby for Social: Education & Discovery. In May 2021 the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences chose it again in both, as the best documentary podcast and the best education and discovery video series.
“AONE Creative is honored to be a part of the brilliant team of producers, historians and writers that brought Black History in Two Minutes (or so) to life,” said Darrick Angelone. “These stories represent significant highlights of the historical American experience, many of which are not taught in history classes across American public schools.”
The 2022 ceremony in New York City on May 16 was the first held live since the series started winning, and the first chance for the Hidden Empire Film Group, McGee Media and AONE teams to celebrate together.
The series is the brainchild of executive producer Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. It is hosted by executive producer Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University, with executive producers Dyllan McGee of McGee Media and Deon Taylor of Hidden Empire Film Group.
The nomination came on April 6, 2022, in Social Video: Education & Discovery, the category the series went on to win.
What this means for you
The site behind three straight Webbys
AONE Creative built and ran the series website from May 2019 through May 2022, along with the digital distribution, social and the Webby campaigns. We design, build, host and secure sites for films, series, campaigns and businesses, and the same team looks after them after launch.
The case study
Black History in Two Minutes (or so)
From May 2019 through May 2022, AONE Creative ran the digital distribution, the website, social and the Webby campaigns for the series from Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Robert F. Smith. It won five Webby Awards from 2020 to 2022.
Related
- 2019 to 2022
Black History in Two Minutes (or so)
The case study: the series, the site, the distribution and the Webbys.
Podcasts: Documentary and Social Video: Education & Discovery.
A Webby and a People’s Voice award.
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