On the heels of the backlash HBO has been receiving for their planned series “Confederate,” news has now broken that Amazon has been planning a similar alternate-history series that explores that same time period for over a year.
Deadline reported Tuesday that the project, titled “Black America," is a drama led by producer Will Packer of “Straight Outta Compton” fame, as well as “The Boondocks” creator and “Black Jesus” co-creator Aaron McGruder.
The story envisions an alternate history where newly freed slaves have successfully secured the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to shape their own destinies as African Americans. They form a nation called New Colonia, which has had a tumultuous relationship with the United States or “Big Neighbor.” As New Colonia thrives, America “slides into rapid decline.” Consequently, “the fate of two nations, indivisible, hangs in the balance.”
The site added it was HBO’s announcement of “Confederate” this month that prompted the “Black America” team to reveal the show’s premise.
Deadline reported Tuesday that the project, titled “Black America," is a drama led by producer Will Packer of “Straight Outta Compton” fame, as well as “The Boondocks” creator and “Black Jesus” co-creator Aaron McGruder.
The story envisions an alternate history where newly freed slaves have successfully secured the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to shape their own destinies as African Americans. They form a nation called New Colonia, which has had a tumultuous relationship with the United States or “Big Neighbor.” As New Colonia thrives, America “slides into rapid decline.” Consequently, “the fate of two nations, indivisible, hangs in the balance.”
The site added it was HBO’s announcement of “Confederate” this month that prompted the “Black America” team to reveal the show’s premise.