Posted @withrepost • @blackcinema007 RP @blacklikevanilla - ✨✨✨ Just take all my money 💸💸💸. The history of black people during the #AntebellumEra extends far beyond slavery so it’s nice to see a movie set during that period not showcasing black ppl as only #slaves or servants. Our history is so rich...and sooo hidden. And if you’re coming with the “why-does-it-have-to-a-story-about-Creole-women-who-married-in-to-money” I would say to you, write your own movie about the self made #blackmillionaires of that time. If you build it, they will come. I, for one, look forward to learning more and supporting this film, “#TheHouseThatWillNotStand”! It’s about time we started broadening the scope of the history of #BlacksInAmerica. #MoreThanSlaves #ThisHistory #OurHistory #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #WCW #BlackMillionaires #BlackMoguls #BlackExcellence #BlackLikeVanilla _______________________ From #MadamNoire: “One of the criticisms we’ve had about period pieces that center Black people is the fact that so many of the stories center around slavery, struggle and subservience. But a new film seeks to do something different. The play The House That Will Not Stand, is becoming a film. The play, inspired partially by The House of Bernarda Alba is about free, #BlackCreole women who became millionaires in #NewOrleans during the 1800s, despite slavery, sexism and more. The women find their fortunes through #Plaçage— the practice of common law marriages or civil unions between White men, Black, Native American and biracial women. According to Shadow and Act, the play, written by Marcus Gardley, has been optioned by MWM Studios. Gardley, who has written for Showtime’s “The Chi” will write the script for the film adaptation. The play premiered at the New York Theatre Workshop this year and was directed by Liliana Blain-Cruz. The original cast was comprised of Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Juliana Canfield, Harriet D. Foy, Lynda Gravátt, Nedra McClyde, Marie Thomas and Michelle Wilson. The film is in the early stages of development but fans are already anticipating this type of story.” https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8iC3JFJ2c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12ptionl1jazt