LIFESTYLE AMC Reveals a 'Black Lives Matter' TV Show is in the Works

Jay-Z and Beyonce attend the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City.

Ever since the 2012 tragedy of slain Black teen Trayvon Martin, racial tension has been at an all-time high in America. People have rallied together to fight for justice in and for the Black community, with one of the acclaimed vehicles used for this being Black Lives Matter—an organization co-founded by Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors in 2013. As noted on its website, “#BlackLivesMatter is an online forum intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti-Black racism, to spark dialogue among Black people, and to facilitate the types of connections necessary to encourage social action and engagement.”

As reported by Deadline, AMC is developing a Black Lives Matter drama series, based on 2016 book They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice by Washington Post reporter, Wesley Lowery, who wrote the book after winning a Pulitzer for his work on the publication’s “Fatal Force” project, a database to track police shootings.

AMC says the currently-unnamed TV show will use the book as a reference point and will refrain from using real-life stories, rather looking at the events “through the stories and voices of fictional characters.”

Countless celebrities have shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the past, including Nick Cannon, Zendaya, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, Josh Groban, and couples Beyonce and Jay-Z, and John Legend and Chrissy Teigen. The Weeknd also donated $250,000 to the Black Lives Matter network, tweeting “Enough is enough,” last July (2016) of the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile shootings. "It's time to stand up for this. We can either sit and watch, or do something about it. The time is now. #blacklivesmatter."