Black America (TV series)
| Black America | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Alternative history drama |
| Created by | Will Packer, Aaron McGruder |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Video |
Black America is an upcoming alternative history television drama that imagines a nation-state formed by African-Americans called New Colonia after the Civil War as reparations for slavery. The show is a collaboration between producer Will Packer and The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder for Amazon Video. McGruder is writing screenplays for the series, which has been under development for over a year as of August 2017.[1][2]
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Central to the series's premise is the granting of three southern states — Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama — to freed slaves as reparations after the Civil War.[1]
The announcement of the in-development series came in response to HBO's announcement of its own upcoming series Confederate, which posits a different alternate history branching from the Civil War period.[1][2] Both series are set in the modern day.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Victor, Daniel (August 2, 2017). "Amazon Series Imagines a New South". The New York Times. p. C3. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ a b c Andreeva, Nellie (August 1, 2017). "'Black America': Amazon Alt-History Drama From Will Packer & Aaron McGruder Envisions Post-Reparations America". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
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Further reading
- Deerwester, Jayme (August 1, 2017). "Amazon to counter-program 'Confederate' with reparations-themed 'Black America'". USA Today. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- Desta, Yohana (August 1, 2017). "Amazon Is Developing Black America, a Series That's Basically the Anti-Confederate". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- Locklear, Mallory (August 1, 2017). "Amazon taps 'Boondocks' creator for alt-history show 'Black America'". Engadget. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
