Trapped inside a picture-perfect, make-believe world that is home to a frightening reality, Martin must find a way out that will allow him to stay alive without becoming the very thing he hates.Ī novel of rage and compassion, good and evil, trust and betrayal, Forty Acres is the thought-provoking story of one man's desperate attempt to escape the clutches of a terrifying new moral order. Martin finds out that his glittering new friends are part of a secret society dedicated to the preservation of the institution of slavery - but this time around, the black men are called 'Master.' Joining them seems to guarantee a future without limits rebuking them almost certainly guarantees his death. But far from home and cut off from everyone he loves, he discovers a disturbing secret that challenges some of his deepest convictions. They invite him for a weekend away from it all - no wives, no cell phones, no talk of business.

He's dazzled by what they've accomplished, and they seem to think he has the potential to be as successful as they are.

Martin Grey, a smart, talented black lawyer working out of a storefront in Queens, becomes friendly with a group of some of the most powerful, wealthy, and esteemed black men in America. Slated to run on ABC, the series spotlights significant women in the civil rights movement, beginning with Till’s mother Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley and her journey to becoming an educator and activist as she sought justice for the racist murder of her son in 1955.What if overcoming the legacy of American slavery meant bringing back that very institution? A young black attorney is thrown headlong into controversial issues of race and power in this pause-resisting and provocative new audiobook. In August, it was announced that he would produce the impending six-part series Women Of the Movement, which was announced on the 65th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death. This is the second project that Hov has been brought on to executive produce in recent months. The outlet reports that Forty Acres tells the story of a civil rights attorney who has to fight for survival after enlisting in an elite Black organization with a stunning secret. The film is still apparently in the development stages and is detailed as a fusion between Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Tom Cruise’s 1993 film The Firm. It appears that Jay-Z is fine-tuning his executive producer chops.Īccording to Deadline, the rapper and businessman is reportedly planning to executive produce Netflix’s forthcoming thriller, Forty Acres, based on Dwayne Alexander Smith’s 2014 novel of the same name.

Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith