“David Makes Man” is the story of an African American middle school student in South Florida, living in poverty with his single mom and little brother. He is brimming with intellectual potential and surrounded by the quicksand of drug-dealing and crime. The new series (10 p.m. Wednesdays on OWN) is a variant on the well-worn high school drama, but far transcends its genre.
The creator is Tarell Alvin McCraney, the Oscar-winning co-screenwriter of “Moonlight.” …
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