The Controversy Surrounding HBO's 'Confederate'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 9, 2017

HBO has received backlash since it announced plans in July to produce "Confederate," a show that takes place in an alternate reality where the South successfully seceded from the Union. Critics have pushed back on the show's premise and it's two executive producers, "Game of Thrones" creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. April Reign, author and activist who created the Twitter campaigns #OscarsSoWhite and #NoConfederate, discusses the controversy. She's joined by activist and artist Bree Newsome, who drew national attention in 2015 when she climbed the flagpole in front of the South Carolina statehouse and lowered the Confederate battle flag following the mass shooting at Mother Emanuel in Charleston.

Jonathan Capehart guest hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."

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