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Milestone Generations

The electrifying story of Milestone Media, of the challenges they faced in changing the face of superhero storytelling, and of the rebirth of the company – now with entertainment legend Reggie Hudlin helping to steer the ship – just when the world needs the Milestone heroes more than ever.

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Justice A. Whitaker

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But that amazing thing
about that storyline - Milestone Generations

But that amazing thing about that storyline

No, she came back and was
like, "I'm still gonna do
this superhero thing, - Milestone Generations

No, she came back and was like, "I'm still gonna d...

I'm not gonna put this baby up
for adoption." - Milestone Generations

I'm not gonna put this baby up for adoption."

When we said
everyone belongs here, - Milestone Generations

When we said everyone belongs here,

And it's
such an incredible space
for inspiration to occur. - Milestone Generations

And it's such an incredible space for inspiration to oc...

[Curtis] Icon, he kind of reminds me of my dad.

He's got that same build, - Milestone Generations

He's got that same build,

Somebody who knows
who they are - Milestone Generations

Somebody who knows who they are

I saw this comic book.
It had this duo of heroes. - Milestone Generations

I saw this comic book. It had this duo of heroes.

They're standing side-by-side, - Milestone Generations

They're standing side-by-side,

They had a line at the top of
the comic book cover - Milestone Generations

They had a line at the top of the comic book cover

They did a lot of things
I don't think anyone else
could do, - Milestone Generations

They did a lot of things I don't think anyone else coul...

[Denys] I had seen fans before.
I'd met fans, - Milestone Generations

[Denys] I had seen fans before. I'd met fans,

Like, people
literally coming up to us
and sobbing, - Milestone Generations

Like, people literally coming up to us and sobbing,

When I was doing some sketches, - Milestone Generations

When I was doing some sketches,

He said, "Seeing myself
on Blood Syndicate" - Milestone Generations

He said, "Seeing myself on Blood Syndicate"

To hear someone tell you they
got you out of the gang life, - Milestone Generations

To hear someone tell you they got you out of the gang life,

And people weren't just
invested in the comics
and the characters, - Milestone Generations

And people weren't just invested in the comics and the ...

[Sheena] It's actually a hub of
Black people getting paid, - Milestone Generations

[Sheena] It's actually a hub of Black people getting pa...

That was the first moment
where I had full security
and confidence - Milestone Generations

That was the first moment where I had full security and conf...

What Milestone Media had done - Milestone Generations

What Milestone Media had done

We sold a lot more comics
than anybody else. - Milestone Generations

We sold a lot more comics than anybody else.

[Jason] Between
the MTV interviews, - Milestone Generations

[Jason] Between the MTV interviews,

The conflicts came with
how we would handle
dealing with DC. - Milestone Generations

The conflicts came with how we would handle dealing with DC.

[Matt] There was
a marketing campaign
for the first issues - Milestone Generations

[Matt] There was a marketing campaign for the first issues

There was somebody
in DC Marketing - Milestone Generations

There was somebody in DC Marketing

"You can't show
that they're Black.
Black is death." - Milestone Generations

"You can't show that they're Black. Black is ...

People weren't, like,
beating down on us, - Milestone Generations

People weren't, like, beating down on us,

There were editors
that didn't wanna work
with Black people. - Milestone Generations

There were editors that didn't wanna work with Black pe...

There were executives at DC
that couldn't understand
why we were doing - Milestone Generations

There were executives at DC that couldn't understand wh...

And Black people
don't buy comic books, - Milestone Generations

And Black people don't buy comic books,

I think
the marketing department - Milestone Generations

I think the marketing department

There were a lot of meetings
with DC, Jenette Kahn
and with Paul Levitz, - Milestone Generations

There were a lot of meetings with DC, Jenette Kahn and with ...

The look of comics
and the whole atmosphere
of comics then - Milestone Generations

The look of comics and the whole atmosphere of comics then

Comics started really
hitting a big population. - Milestone Generations

Comics started really hitting a big population.

E!'s Greg Agnew reports
on a world without
the first superhero. - Milestone Generations

E!'s Greg Agnew reports on a world without the first su...

[Greg] Superman meets
his demise at the hands of
supervillain, Doomsday. - Milestone Generations

[Greg] Superman meets his demise at the hands of supervillai...

Experts say
the ultimate sacrifice - Milestone Generations

Experts say the ultimate sacrifice

[Paul] The mid-'90s, there was
a really nasty stretch
in the comic book industry. - Milestone Generations

[Paul] The mid-'90s, there was a really nasty stretch i...

Part of it was
the end of a collectors' boom - Milestone Generations

Part of it was the end of a collectors' boom

Bill Sienkiewicz who
is one of the artistic
influential deities - Milestone Generations

Bill Sienkiewicz who is one of the artistic influential deit...

It was a window poster - Milestone Generations

It was a window poster

This poster was to be
something so high in quality
and so compelling, - Milestone Generations

This poster was to be something so high in quality and so co...

A number of comic book stores
never put that poster up. - Milestone Generations

A number of comic book stores never put that poster up.

We always had that problem
with retailers not ordering
enough of our books, - Milestone Generations

We always had that problem with retailers not ordering enoug...

And one of the things
was there was this
misunderstanding - Milestone Generations

And one of the things was there was this misunderstanding

And that to be pro-Black
meant that you were anti-white, - Milestone Generations

And that to be pro-Black meant that you were anti-white,

You know,
there was a lot of hate
being thrown at Milestone - Milestone Generations

You know, there was a lot of hate being thrown at Milestone

I mean, the term "hater,"
wasn't a thing yet, - Milestone Generations

I mean, the term "hater," wasn't a thing yet,

When I started working
for Derek, - Milestone Generations

When I started working for Derek,

[Denys] We wanted to do
a story that addressed
teenage Black sexuality, - Milestone Generations

[Denys] We wanted to do a story that addressed teenage Black...

[Ivan] Dwayne said,
"I want Virgil to lose
his virginity." - Milestone Generations

[Ivan] Dwayne said, "I want Virgil to lose his virginit...

I was like, "Really?" - Milestone Generations

I was like, "Really?"

I don't remember it
in any great detail, - Milestone Generations

I don't remember it in any great detail,

[Denys] It was requested
that we remove that condom
off the cover. - Milestone Generations

[Denys] It was requested that we remove that condom off the ...

[Dwayne] The compromise
we came up with was - Milestone Generations

[Dwayne] The compromise we came up with was

It was like a black border
that was a heart and just
the two faces kissing. - Milestone Generations

It was like a black border that was a heart and just the two...

That was a huge, huge fight, - Milestone Generations

That was a huge, huge fight,

[Paul] Dwayne felt that
we were making that decision
on a racially-defined basis. - Milestone Generations

[Paul] Dwayne felt that we were making that decision on a ra...

But, of course, - Milestone Generations

But, of course,

And you certainly can't find
anything like that on
any other DC cover - Milestone Generations

And you certainly can't find anything like that on any ...

I think Dwayne kind of
felt like DC didn't
really understand - Milestone Generations

I think Dwayne kind of felt like DC didn't really under...

We sent it to DC,
they approved it, - Milestone Generations

We sent it to DC, they approved it,

We didn't know that
that editorial was going
to be in that book, - Milestone Generations

We didn't know that that editorial was going to be in t...

And... the fallout
from that was incredible. - Milestone Generations

And... the fallout from that was incredible.

That editorial was basically... - Milestone Generations

That editorial was basically...

We'll call it an impetus - Milestone Generations

We'll call it an impetus

We tried different ways
to come together, - Milestone Generations

We tried different ways to come together,

We went from being
star children - Milestone Generations

We went from being star children

So we'll show you
what it's like to
really work with us - Milestone Generations

So we'll show you what it's like to really work wi...

Slowing down production
for Milestone was death, - Milestone Generations

Slowing down production for Milestone was death,

The way we had it set up was - Milestone Generations

The way we had it set up was

The advances stopped,
so we had to just fund it. - Milestone Generations

The advances stopped, so we had to just fund it.

"Good luck with that, you guys
who don't appreciate us." - Milestone Generations

"Good luck with that, you guys who don't appreciat...

I think that's when
the decision was made - Milestone Generations

I think that's when the decision was made

I'm sure he was still providing
much of the editorial guidance, - Milestone Generations

I'm sure he was still providing much of the editorial g...

Done all this work just to
end up in a position where
you're really struggling. - Milestone Generations

Done all this work just to end up in a position where you�...

[Derek] We had
a situation where - Milestone Generations

[Derek] We had a situation where

Eventually, sadly,
it kind of unraveled. - Milestone Generations

Eventually, sadly, it kind of unraveled.

[Joseph] Starting in 1996, - Milestone Generations

[Joseph] Starting in 1996,

This was after
a significant staff reduction, - Milestone Generations

This was after a significant staff reduction,

We made good books.
We were constantly listed - Milestone Generations

We made good books. We were constantly listed

Dwayne's sense of things
was so logic-based. - Milestone Generations

Dwayne's sense of things was so logic-based.

That's why he never understood - Milestone Generations

That's why he never understood

That's why he and Milestone
were so ahead of their time. - Milestone Generations

That's why he and Milestone were so ahead of their time...

[Joseph] I don't know
who made the call - Milestone Generations

[Joseph] I don't know who made the call

I spent my last two weeks there
completing Hardware 50. - Milestone Generations

I spent my last two weeks there completing Hardware 50.

For those last two weeks,
Milestone no longer had
the money to pay me. - Milestone Generations

For those last two weeks, Milestone no longer had the money ...

So I finished that book
for free, - Milestone Generations

So I finished that book for free,

So I completed it
and then I left, - Milestone Generations

So I completed it and then I left,

Milestone Generations poster

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The electrifying story of Milestone Media, of the challenges they faced in changing the face of superhero storytelling, and of the rebirth of the company – now with entertainment legend Reggie Hudlin helping to steer the ship – just when the world needs the Milestone heroes more than ever.

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Director: Justice A. Whitaker

Writer: Evan Narcisse, Justice A. Whitaker

Production: Courageous Studios

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: N/A

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 29 Jul 2022

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.hbomax.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GYtiLNA6-x73CaQEAAApe