abstract:The Black List is a survey published every year on the second Friday of December since 2004 by Franklin Leonard, a development executive who as of 2012 works for Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment.Geoff Edgars, "Hollywood’s talent pool", Boston Globe, February 23, 2012.
The auteur behind such acclaimed documentaries as "Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart, " "Thinking XXX" and "The BlackList" series became inspired to do the project after a chance encounter.
TheBlackList features senior administrators such as Millwall's executive deputy chairman Heather Rabbatts, assistant chief executive of the PFA Bobby Barnes and Jason Rockett at Sheffield United - the only black chief executive in professional football.