Them - which is subtitled as Covenant - comes from Little Marvin and executive producer Lena Waithe (The Chi). Them is a limited anthology series that explores the terror in the US. The first season takes place in the 50s and revolves around a black family that moves from North Carolina to an entirely white neighbourhood in Los Angeles. This happened in a time that became known as The Great Migration. The idyllic house of the family suddenly becomes ground zero for the evil forces of both their neighbours and aliens. It threatens to hurt, destroy and obliterate.
The dialogue-free teaser trailer offers a look at the nerve-racking new neighbourhood with a couple of hostilities, which includes a grinning Alison Pill (American Horror Story), hordes of Stepford Wives gathered around a house and a surprise guest at the end. The fear that is visible on Ruby Emory (Shahadi Wright Joseph) is quite justified.
Next to Pill and Joseph, the first season further consists of Deborah Ayorinde, Melody Hurd and Ashley Thomas. The series has been created and executively produced by Little Marvin, who also serves as a writer. Other executive producers are Lena Waithe, Don Kurt, Miri Yoon, David Matthews and Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee. Them is a co-production between Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios. Two seasons have already been ordered.
Lena Waithe (photo) said the following about Them: “It’s always just about what interests us. I think that is a form of freedom. Some people may say, “Just tell Black stories. Just tell Black, queer stuff.” Well, I’m going to do that because I don’t know how not to. But I can also do other things, and I think that will be my next mission is to hope that people can watch me grow and do things that may be unexpected. But that’s the job of the artist, is to evolve, is to shift, is to grow. That’s what I want to continue to do. If I’m doing something that looks like something I did already, that’s a problem. I want to aspire to be is always shifting and evolving, and not always being able to recognize myself."
The series is set to premiere in March 2021 on the SXSW Film Festival. After that, it is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on the 9th of April.
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