Burrell: Advertising Revolution

Project Name: Burrell: Advertising Revolution

Air Date: June 2018 on PBS

Involvement

The Foundation was honored to provide funding for this production, recognizing Tom Burrell's encouraging story as an important marker in the history of advertising with a profound cultural impact. 

Burrell: Advertising Revolution is the story of an advertising agency that forged the way for young, African American hopefuls to make their mark in the ad business. Through this documentary, viewers will meet Burrell Advertising’s original “Agency Architects” as they reunite for the first time in decades. Then, discover how they helped make Burrell Advertising the largest, most successful targeted marketing agency of its day; permanently shifting the landscape of advertising forever.

Click the links below for more information about Tom Burrell and Burrell: Advertising Revolution.

• How Tom Burrell Convinced Corporations That "Black People Are Not Dark-Skinned White People - WWTW
• Documentary on Advertising Giant Tom Burrell Airs on PBS - The Chicago Defender
• Tom Burrell asks ‘What’s Black about it?’ in new documentary - Rolling Out
• Finding Tom Burrell - TBT News
• Tom Burrell Bio
• In the early 70's network advertising finally got soul - Chicago Citizens Newspaper
• New documentary to highlight advertising icon’s legacy – Hyde Park Herald