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Amazon has a post-slavery series in the works, one that social media is already favoring more than HBO's upcoming "Confederate."
Deadline reports that "Black America" will show an "an alternate history where newly freed African Americans have secured the Southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama post-Reconstruction as reparations for slavery, and with that land, the freedom to shape their own destiny." The show hails from Will Packer and Aaron McGruder.
The announcement of the show comes just weeks after HBO caused social media fire with news of "Game of Thrones" masterminds David Benioff and D.B. Weiss planed series, "Confederate." That show will chronicle "the events leading to the Third American Civil War" in "a nation in which slavery remains legal and has evolved into a modern institution."
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#NoConfederate Dominates Twitter During 'Game of Thrones'
View StoryUsers on Twitter fired off a movement to stop the series with the hashtag #NoConfederate, which was trending worldwide on Sunday night as the latest episode of "Thrones" aired. Today, however, the social network was filled with tweets celebrating Amazon's show.
April Reign, who created both the #NoConfederate and #OscarsSoWhite hashtags, was among the many supporters.
They're definitely getting a new subscriber out of me. #NoConfederate @amazon @hbo https://t.co/fUrwg3OW7w
@ReignOfApril
Amazon looking at HBO like ... #BlackAmerica pic.twitter.com/KuLfGIbigE
@nissyiam
Me continuing to tweet #NoConfederate during the premiere of #BlackAmerica 😭🙏🏾😭 #NewColonia pic.twitter.com/9PqEMU5J5U
@shannonmhouston
When #Confederate tried to trip us up but #BlackAmerica came through with the save. #NoCondeferate pic.twitter.com/wcIUqZ59Tk
@IamGMJohnson
HBO: We stand by the vision of the show's crea-
@Shannon_Simone
Will Packer, Aaron McGruder & Black People: Reclaiming👏🏿OUR 👏🏿Time👏🏿#BlackAmerica pic.twitter.com/EPz4amRomu
Me signing up for Amazon Prime after seeing this Aaron McGruder announcement for his new post-reparations #BlackAmerica television series. pic.twitter.com/O44PiaZSBY
@MatthewACherry
My ass is about to sign up to amazon to catch #BlackAmerica pic.twitter.com/FUUdF0MIt2
@Jasamgurlie
Now this is a muthafuckin' alt-history https://t.co/LYB3NmgT9O
@MarcusJonesNY
me, reading about the new Amazon show, Black America: pic.twitter.com/ASZJkq8uJ6
@elevenafter
Not a clap back but a BOOM! "Black America"
@paulleetick
Announcer: please stand for the New Colonia national anthem.
@zeppoblack
Anthem:#BlackAmerica pic.twitter.com/sDMIHgOzMt
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'Game of Thrones' Creators Defend New Show 'Confederate' From 'Premature' Backlash
View StoryHBO defended their show in a statement following the Twitter backlash, saying ""We have great respect for the dialogue and concern being expressed around 'Confederate, we have faith that Nichelle, Dan, David and Malcolm will approach the subject with care and sensitivity. The project is currently in its infancy so we hope that people will reserve judgment until there is something to see."
The "GoT" team are working with Malcom and Nichelle Tramble Spellman, two African-American writers who told Vulture that the real judgement of the show should come the day that people actually see it.
"This is not a world in which the entire country is enslaved. Slavery is in one half of the country. And the North is the North," Malcolm said. "The imagery should be no whips and no plantations."
