Director Margaret Byrne and executive producer J. Cole's upcoming docuseries 'Raising Bernie' releases its first official trailer. The docuseries follows three black teens, Reginald Askew, David Perry and Davonte Harrell, over a 6 year portrait of their life in the small town of Bernie County, South Carolina. The film details each teen's path as they brave through graduation, financial difficulties, employment, institutional racism, and every other aspect of life in their town of 22,000. The show is set to premiere August 28 on PBS, you can watch the trailer now above.
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