Interview: Jackie Stone’s Family Drama and Polyamory

It’s the kind of thing people whisper about even though it’s becoming more and more common. It’s a relationship style that, when portrayed in the media, is often sensationalized or demonized. It’s a way of loving that, in its depiction, often excludes PoCs. Polyamory. But not in Jackie Stone’s new web series Compersion. If you visit Enchant TV’s website, you can watch all of Season One’s thirteen episodes. If you’re like me, you can binge watch every single one of the 10 – 15 minute episodes in one day. The website describes the show as “a provocative drama [that] explores a married couple’s journey from monogamy to polyamory” and that’s an accurate description. What that description doesn’t say is how authentic the writing is, how all of it seems so reasonable. Keena and Josh, the couple the series follows, could be your neighbors, friends, or relatives. The unflinching eye that Stone is able to use to bring this story to life is a result of her training as a filmmaker; while this is her first web series, it’ not her first successful project. Her short films If I Leap and Baby Steps are available to be viewed JackieJStone.com.

Black Nerd Problems: What was the impulse behind branching out into new media? Jackie Stone: I have a real desire to create original content. When I first thought of this story, I really wanted to do it for TV, but no one came knocking at my door. And when I thought of this idea it was maybe a decade or so ago. It was really before the internet blew u…