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WHOOMP, THERE IT IS! BLACK PROFESSIONALS REPORTEDLY FILING LAWSUIT TO STOP RELEASE OF “FREAKNIK” DOCUMENTARY
Black Enterprise ^ | April 17, 2023 | Jeroslyn JoVonn

Posted on 04/17/2023 3:15:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Hulu has a documentary coming out about Freaknik that has our aunties, uncles, and parents expressing their concerns—in the form of a lawsuit.

Earlier this month, Hulu teased the upcoming documentary Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told, Variety reported. The documentary highlights the infamous Spring break festival that swept the ’90s and had many in a chokehold.

Taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, each year, swarms of people, primarily students from HBCUs, would flock to the city to turn up Uncle Luke style up until the festival ended in 1999.

Now the new generation will get a chance to see what exactly went down and led to Freaknik’s demise when Hulu releases the documentary, which was executive produced by Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell himself.

But not everyone is on board with the documentary’s release. A group of Black women professionals, comprised of one politician, three high-level corporate executives, and one judge, have lawyered up and are threatening to sue Hulu in hopes of stopping the documentary’s release, News One reports.

One woman, a married mother of three who makes over $1 million annually, believes the documentary shows her in an “unflattering light” and there are already videos circulating online she doesn’t want her children to see.

The Rickey Smiley Morning Show discussed the possible lawsuit and thinks the debate of fair use could come into play about the Freaknik footage that is over 25 years old. Some who attended Freaknik have taken to social media to express their concern about the documentary’s release.

One woman posted a TikTok that went viral on Twitter with one person claiming that “All the Freaknik aunties scared.”

“I’VE BEEN TO SEVERAL FREAKNIKS. 94′ WAS ONE THAT I ATTENDED. I’M JUST PRAYING THAT JESUS BE A FENCE,” THE WOMAN SAID IN THE VIDEO.

Others recalled officer Thaddeus Lloyd, who was suspended with pay in 2012 after a graphic throwback photo of his behavior at the ’91 Freaknik surfaced online, Daily Mail reported.

The new documentary is slated for a mid-April 2024 release, which would mark the 30th anniversary of the famed 1994 Freaknik celebration.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blackmail; fraknik; hulu
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1 posted on 04/17/2023 3:15:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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If all the videos and photos are public domain they’re SOL.


2 posted on 04/17/2023 3:16:56 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: nickcarraway

How many millions in free publicity are these Jaybirds and their lawsuit giving to Hulu?


3 posted on 04/17/2023 3:18:00 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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I’M JUST PRAYING THAT JESUS BE A FENCE

What does that mean?


4 posted on 04/17/2023 3:18:36 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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So, there is video of Teens Teening out?


5 posted on 04/17/2023 3:19:55 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: rdl6989
I’M JUST PRAYING THAT JESUS BE A FENCE What does that mean?

I.E. Jesus will shield them from being seen.

6 posted on 04/17/2023 3:20:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Thanks.


7 posted on 04/17/2023 3:22:46 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Skywise; Vigilanteman

Why don’t they just blackmail them. Maybe they’d make more money that way.


8 posted on 04/17/2023 3:22:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Skywise

They knew everyone is walking around with camera phones. Oh, wait.


9 posted on 04/17/2023 3:23:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: rdl6989

Fence...a person who launders stolen goods and money.
Jesus don’t be one.


10 posted on 04/17/2023 3:23:56 PM PDT by Fireone (The only reason our elections are complicated is because the cheaters want it that way.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like must see TV! Can’t wait till it’s on.


11 posted on 04/17/2023 3:25:41 PM PDT by chuck allen
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How about they do it as a remake of the actual events and hire an all-white cast?


12 posted on 04/17/2023 3:28:00 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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This is one of many (blm, antifa, etc.) ‘promoted’ tools of pre election year/election year color revolution - priming the pump.


13 posted on 04/17/2023 3:28:40 PM PDT by Duke of Milan
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I live in the SW and I’ve never heard of “Freaknik” before. Now I’m really intrigued.


14 posted on 04/17/2023 3:29:28 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: nickcarraway

The lawsuits seem to me to be a clever PR stunt.


15 posted on 04/17/2023 3:30:19 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Duke of Milan

How is this priming the pump?


16 posted on 04/17/2023 3:31:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I.E. Jesus will shield them from being seen.

I read the Bible a lot, and I don't recall that's being the kind of thing Jesus did.

17 posted on 04/17/2023 3:34:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Trees are the most civil society.)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh, ‘93 and ‘94 Freaknik, remember it like it was yesterday! Slept in my bar in Midtown pretty heavily armed.


18 posted on 04/17/2023 3:38:15 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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To: nickcarraway

I always think about the church-going moral blacks who wouldn’t dream of acting a fool…. Move them to the front of class.


19 posted on 04/17/2023 3:41:57 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: Skywise

They’ll have ti fall back on “we all look alike.”


20 posted on 04/17/2023 3:42:16 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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