Prentice Penny is no outsider to Black Twitter. Ever since the 2016 launch of Issa Rae’s star-turning HBO series “Insecure,” for which he was the showrunner, Penny has been an active participant on the platform now known as X.

In that regard, he is personally invested in documenting the social media phenomenon in the three-part Hulu docuseries “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” as director and producer. 

This documentary, he said, feels necessary.