Prime Video made a huge splash at the 2024 Essence Fest with a showcase of their content with Black leads and more. Talent from several series hit the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for programming on Saturday featuring current series The Boys, new film Tyler Perry’s Divorce and the Black, and new/returning series Cross and The Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power. Cory Hardrict and Meagan Good from Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black took part in a moderate discussion with Janeé Bolden of Bossip. Photo: Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage Meanwhile outgoing Executive Head of Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility for Amazon Studios, Latasha Gillespie, moderated a “Genre-Bending Black Stories” panel featuring Jessie T. Usher and Susan Heyward of The Boys and Sophia Nomvete and Cynthia Addai-Robinson of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. When speaking about the impact of their casting in this universe, Nomvete told the panel’s crowd, “It’s been...