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the-movemnt:

Amazon announces show about post-reparations America amid backlash to HBO’s “Confederate”

• Amid a firestorm of backlash to an upcoming HBO series that will depict an alternate version of America where black slavery remains legal in the 21st century, Amazon Studios announced Tuesday it will produce its own series envisioning a radically different history for our nation — one where newly freed slaves are ceded land to start their own sovereign nation in the wake of the Union’s victory in the Civil War.
  
• According to Deadline,Black America will come to the popular streaming service from creators Will Packer, a Hollywood producer, and Aaron McGruder, the Peabody-award winning creator of The Boondocks. The series tells the story of New Colonia, a nation comprised of newly emancipated slaves on the land where the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama used to be. Packer and McGruder’s series will chart the turbulent relationship between New Colonia and the United States over the course of 150 years. Read More(8/2/17)