Black America

Studio 8 to Adapt Black Lives Matter-Inspired Comic ‘Black’
Studio 8 to Adapt Black Lives Matter-Inspired Comic ‘Black’
Studio 8 to Adapt Black Lives Matter-Inspired Comic ‘Black’
HBO has Confederate, and Amazon has Black America, sure, but Studio 8 is going all-in with an adaptation of Black Mask’s superhero comic series Black. The premise: only African-Americans possess superpowers and the government has successfully been suppressing this information for years — until a young boy in Brooklyn gets shot at by police and survives.
Amazon Eyes 'Black America' Alternate Reality Series
Amazon Eyes 'Black America' Alternate Reality Series
Amazon Eyes 'Black America' Alternate Reality Series
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.