Black in Period Films

Mercy Street is a new series debuting in 2016. The series 'follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green.' I saw two beautiful pictures of Shalita Grant as Aurelia Johnson and McKinley Belcher III as Samuel Digg on IMDB .                They look very nice. I just hope their characters are given adequate screen time.

Thanks to Shadow and Act we have some Birth of a Nation pictures to feast our eyes upon. And they are great! They have the coloring and tone I'd expect out of a film based on Nat Turner. I like what I see so far. As I said in a previous post ... I have trust in Nate Parker. He has been talking about making this project for years. What do you think of these pictures?