{"id":14692,"date":"2021-03-30T09:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T13:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kind-people-set-fox\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:07:58","slug":"our-kind-of-people-set-for-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/our-kind-of-people-set-for-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Kind of People Set for FOX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOX has given a series order to <em>Our Kind of People<\/em>, a drama from writer\/executive producer Karin Gist (<em>Star<\/em>, <em>mixed-ish<\/em>, <em>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy<\/em>) and executive producer Lee Daniels (<em>The United States vs. Billie Holiday<\/em>, <em>Empire<\/em>, <em>Star<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the Lawrence Otis Graham book <em>Our Kind of People: Inside America&#8217;s Black Upper Class<\/em>, the series takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, where the rich and powerful Black elite have come to play for over 50 years. <em>Our Kind of People<\/em> follows single mom Angela Vaughn as she sets out to reclaim her family&#8217;s name and make an impact with her hair care line\u2014but she soon discovers a dark secret about her mother&#8217;s past that will turn her world upside down and shake up this community.<\/p>\n<p>Last September, FOX gave <em>Our Kind of People<\/em> a writers&#8217; room commitment to allow Gist, Daniels and their team to further develop the project prior to the series order. 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