Tamara Winfrey Harris’ The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America is in development for a 30-minute television dramedy, Deadline reports.
Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions and Katie and Mauricio Mota’s Wise Entertainment are developing the adaptation, which is set to be written by Sonja Perryman.
The adaptation will explore the experiences of three childhood best friends whose lives are thrown into chaos after they agree to star on a reality show called Sistas in the City. Winfrey-Harris’ book, published in 2015, was an examination of the stereotypes and distortions that Black women face in America.
“I have always been a fan of Tamara’s book and Sonja has taken the genius of that book and created a juicy world with such rich, multi-faceted Black women,” Union told Deadline. “This is a series that says something loudly but through such a fun lens. This is a world that offers endless story opportunities and we can’t wait to tell them.”
The Motas told Deadline, “When we read Tamara’s powerful book, we knew we had to find a way to bring her book to TV and are honored to be working with this amazing team to do it.”
Winfrey Harris’ most recent title, Dear Black Girl, is a collection of letters by Black women to Black girls and was published in March. A starred Kirkus review called it “a valuable combination of encouragement, empowerment, and instruction.”
Ilana Bensussen Epstein is a writer and filmmaker based in Boston.
