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Creator, writer and executive producer Julian Fellowes talks to World Screen Newsflash about his new HBO series The Gilded Age, as well as the latest Downton Abbey feature film.
The HBO period drama wanted to depict an elite class of 19th-century Black New Yorkers with historical accuracy. Its cast and creative team worked to portray them with dignity.
New period drama The Gilded Age, from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, promises a sumptuous look at turn-of-the-century New York, playing on tensions between the established elite and ‘new money’. But beyond that, writes Amanda-Rae Prescott, the show melds familiar period drama with original characters that explore histories previously neglected on screen, including those of the Black elite in 1880s East Coast society…