Frame from the documentary series 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith' (2026). Close-up of a bearded African American man (actor Will Smith) sitting in an Amazonian rainforest.
Frame from the documentary series 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith' (2026). Close-up of a goateed African American man (actor Will Smith) sitting in a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan.
Frame from the documentary series 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith' (2026). Close-up of a goateed African American man (actor Will Smith) with face paint wearing a dark green T-shirt on a South Pacific island.
Frame from the documentary series 'Pole to Pole with Will Smith' (2026). Profile close-up from the right side of a goateed African American man (actor Will Smith) wearing a black woolly hat and a black and yellow winter coat standing on the deck of a polar exploration ship and looking out to the sea.
🌍 And while Will Smith seems genuinely sincere and earnest in his interest for exploration I must also admit that there were a couple of times when #PoleToPoleWithWillSmith felt a bit performative and just a part of an effort to cleanse his tarnished reputation. 🫢 #PoleToPole 📺
