FreeRayshawn explained

Genre:	Crime drama
Director:	Seith Mann
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	15
Network:	Quibi

1. FreeRayshawn (stylized as #freerayshawn) is an American crime drama television series written by Marc Maurino and directed by Seith Mann that debuted on Quibi on April 6, 2020.^[1]

Premise

Rayshawn Morris, an African-American Iraqi War veteran, finds himself holed up in his apartment along with his family after an altercation with overzealous NOPD cops. As he prepares to make his last stand, Rayshawn turns to social media and the help of a sympathetic police lieutenant for him to try to clear his name.

Cast

• Laurence Fishburne as Lt. Steven Poincy
• Stephan James as Rayshawn Morris
• Jasmine Cephas Jones as Tyisha
• Skeet Ulrich as Sgt. Mike Trout
• Danny Boyd Jr. as Ray Jr.
• Thomas Blake Jr. as Detective Soules
• Mitch Eakins as Detective Tommy Roberts
• Alyshia Ochse as DA Sarah Foreman
• Daniel Sunjata as SWAT Commander Alvarez

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2020	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	Laurence Fishburne		^[2]
			Stephan James
		Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	Jasmine Cephas Jones
2021	Casting Society of America	Short Form Series	Jessica Kelly, Mary Vernieu and Brent Caballero		^[3]
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Short-Form Series – Comedy or Drama	FreeRayshawn		^[4]
		Outstanding Performance in a Short-Form Series	Jasmine Cephas Jones
			Laurence Fishburne
			Stephan James
	Writers Guild of America Awards	Original & Adapted Short Form New Media	Marc Maurino		^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Everything Coming to Quibi in April, Including '50 States of Fright', 'Dishmantled', and Much More. Slashfilm. Ben. Pearson. March 27, 2020. 2020-04-13.
2. Web site: #FreeRayshawn . Emmys.com . . July 28, 2020.
3. Web site: Lewis . Hillary . January 8, 2021 . Artios Awards: Casting Directors for 'The Boys,' 'Pose,' 'Watchmen' Among TV Nominees . February 21, 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter.
4. Web site: 52nd NAACP Image Awards: The Nominees . NAACPImageAwards.net . NAACP signage Awards . February 2, 2021 . February 2, 2021 . February 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210203050538/https://naacpimageawards.net/2021-nominees/ . dead .
5. Web site: Writers Guild Unveils 2021 TV Award Nominees . Variety . Michael . Schneider . February 3, 2021 . February 3, 2021.