Photo: Margaret Byrne
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J. Cole is co-producing a new PBS docuseries which will follow the lives of three black boys from Bertie County, North Carolina.

Titled Raising Bertie, the coming-of-age project will follow the boys' lives over a six-year period, as they enter adulthood while facing the usual challenges of youth as well as their "specific and often precarious conditions," according to the network's description.

"In editing this story, there were competing pressures: to fight against stereotypes, to tell an exciting story, to tell a story of unexpected success and to prove that a filmmaker can communicate an honest story about a culture that is not her own," Raising Bertie director Margaret Byrne said in a statement. "The truth is, I made a film about three kids I met and cared about. I knew their story needed telling. The individuals in this story are representative of their community and they matter."

Raising Bertie airs Aug. 28 on PBS and the trailer can be seen below.