Welcome to Hollywood in Color.
A podcast about the history of people of color in the entertainment industry

PRESS:
“[The podcast is] impeccably researched and narrated by Dr. Diana Martinez. The three-part Hattie McDaniel series, especially the final episode, is history storytelling at its finest: a moment in the past puts a current moment into perspective, as it zooms from McDaniel’s historic first Academy Award-winning performance right up through the more recent wins of other Black actresses. “
— Ma’ayan Plaut, RadioPublic
“Diana Martínez’s return with Hollywood in Color […] brought the flawlessly researched three-part series of Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award. Martínez weaves history until it interlocks with the present, from McDaniel’s triumphs to the awards won by more recent Black actresses.”
— Elena Fernández-Collins, podcast critic and reporter
“I regret not studying nearly as much film history in college than I could have, so Hollywood in Color is my delayed return to my classrooms of yore […]”
— Ma’ayan Plaut, RadioPublic