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Series Name: Follow This
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Platform: Netflix
Follow This Cast: BuzzFeed Reporters
Creators: Shani Hilton, Linzee Troubh, and Cindy Vanegas-Gesuale
The Pitch: This docu-series follows BuzzFeed staff and reporters as they craft stories about sexuality, race, science, internet culture, and politics. Each short episode will tackle a different topic, including survivalism, sex worker rights, gender identity, DeepFakes, and more.
Why We’re Excited: It’s always interesting to see how the sausage gets made, and this “pop doc series” provides viewers a chance to do exactly that. Follow This gives Netflix viewers an inside-look into BuzzFeed’s entire editorial process, creating a level of transparency that will hopefully help fight back against the label “Fake News.” In an ideal world, the series will help curb the president’s war on the press; in a realistic world, it will teach people about some pretty interesting people, places, and things.
Judging by the trailer, Follow This will tackle everything from Men’s Rights Activists to safe injection spaces to Afrovivalists. There’s practically nothing that the series won’t touch, and we’re excited to see how the Netflix series weaves all these different topics together in a way that feels seamless and engaging. “As reporters, we’re interested in topics that touch on the culture and community of the internet,” says a staff member in the voice over. Sure, “the internet” may connect and shape these topics, but that’s pretty damn broad; we’re eager to see these reporters connect the dots in a more meaningful way.
Follow This comes from BuzzFeed News execs Shani Hilton, Cindy Vanegas-Gesuale, and Linzee Troubh, so it seems likely that the series will be female-skewing. The majority of reporters in the trailer are women (or female-presenting), as well, and it will be awesome to see women kicking ass in their careers. Who needs Netflix to make a fictional series about successful women when we can see the real thing right here?
