Created by Jenji Kohan and based on the true-life experiences of Piper Kerman, Orange Is the New Black helped established Netflix as a major player with critics and audiences alike. The series focuses on prisoners in an all-female facility without forcing the characters to apologise for their flaws and without utilising exploitative stereotypes. Storylines have depicted female sexuality, racism, homophobia, and religious extremism.
The series is also one of the first to feature a transgender actor, Laverne Cox, playing a transgender character, and the realities she would face in prison. Cox has received two Primetime Emmy nominations and a Critics Choice Award nomination for her role as Sophia Burset.
Watch Orange Is the New Black on Netflix.