Mike Colter and Van Jones shake hands on The Messy Truth set, 2018

News · October 23, 2018

Revolt TV picks up The Messy Truth with Van Jones from Be Woke.Vote

In October 2018, Revolt TV announced it would broadcast all twelve episodes of The Messy Truth with Van Jones, the Be Woke.Vote series, to its audience of more than 30 million.

  • Revolt TV
  • Twelve episodes
  • The Messy Truth
  • Van Jones
  • Be Woke.Vote
  • 2018

The story

Twelve conversations, on Revolt

  • October 2018
  • Revolt TV
  • The Messy Truth with Van Jones
  • AONE Creative: creative direction
  • By Silas Node, AONE Creative

Revolt TV announced that it would broadcast the twelve-episode Be Woke.Vote series featuring The Messy Truth with Van Jones, produced with Hidden Empire Film Group, to its audience of more than 30 million.

The guests: Jamie Foxx, Bresha Webb, will.i.am, BJ the Chicago Kid, Chelsea Handler, Kim Kardashian, HaHa Davis, Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, Shameik Moore, Sybrina Fulton and Deon Taylor. Every episode plays here.

Be Woke set out to get more young voters of color interested in politics and voting. It was conceived by the director Deon Taylor, the producer Roxanne Avent and the philanthropist and investor Robert F. Smith, partners in Hidden Empire Film Group. Taylor co-directed the episodes with Omar Joseph, and Avent and Smith produced alongside Heather Kritzer, with Darrick Angelone and AONE leading the creative direction.

Created by Hyper Engine LLC. Directed by Deon Taylor and Omar Joseph. Produced by Roxanne Avent, Heather Kritzer, Darrick Angelone and Omar Joseph. Executive producer Robert F. Smith. Creative direction by Darrick Angelone and AONE.

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The show a network picked up

AONE Creative led the creative direction of The Messy Truth with Van Jones and Roland Martin Unfiltered and released both as podcasts: audio before the 2018 midterms, then video in 2019. Our Podcast Production and Hosting service makes and publishes shows the same way, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music.

Kim Kardashian West and Van Jones high-five across the table on The Messy Truth set, 2018
Kim Kardashian West and Van Jones high-five across the table on The Messy Truth set, 2018

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The Messy Truth with Van Jones

All twelve conversations play here: Jamie Foxx, Kim Kardashian West, will.i.am, Chelsea Handler, Michael Ealy and more.

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Kim Kardashian and Van Jones on the set of The Messy Truth

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