Aaron McGruder

Pushback on HBO’s modern slavery drama Confederate understandably rages, and Amazon’s response is most intriguing of all. Straight Outta Compton producer Will Packer and The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder’s new alternate-reality drama has been unveiled as Black America, with a very different premise.

Amazon’s existing alternate-reality drama The Man in the High Castle has felt a shade too real in recent months, so hopefully The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder can come up with something a bit less terrifying. The revered writer and cartoonist is partnering with Amazon for a new alternate-reality drama project, with a mysterious premise at that.