After the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, many streaming services have added sections promoting black stories and artists. A few of these streaming services include Netflix, Disney+, Hulu and Spotify.

Netflix organizes its “Black Stories” section under genres, which includes over 100 movies and shows with section titles including “Black Lives Matter,” “Black Behind the Camera” and “Black History is American History.”  This organization can help you choose what kind of black story you want to watch. 

Compared to other streaming services, Disney+ promotes Black stories in a less organized manner. The service groups all of their movies with a largely Black cast and/or directors together in their “Celebrate Black Stories” collection. The collection consists of 20 movies such as “Black Panther,” “Queen of Katwe,” “The Color of Friendship” and “Black is King.”

Hulu’s “Black Stories” genre has a more specific organization with sections such as “LGBTQ+ & Black,” “Reality TV,” “Black Leads,” “Comedy” and “Dramas.”

Spotify highlights playlists and podcasts under the category “Black History is Now.” The sections within the genre are “Phenomenal Black Music,” “Voices of the culture,” and “Popular playlists.” Many of the items under “Voices of the culture” are podcast playlist. Though, one podcast under “Voices of the culture” is “In Remembrance of John Lewis.”

Streaming services have made it easier to find a Black story to watch or Black artists to support. The streaming services added these sections as a result of the nationwide protests that occurred this summer. Though the advertising for these sections have seemingly stopped, you can still find them on the streaming services.