Texas-based short film has been nominated for a 2025 NAACP Image Award

"We can tell the stories that need to be told, and I feel like this is a story that needs to be told," she said. "This is a way for us to reimagine and see ourselves in a way that the world did not let us until this point." What to expect from "If They Took Us Back" "We get to see what the United States looks like without (Black people)," Charles-Pearson said. "And then, (the Black community) also get an opportunity to be told, 'You're the soul of America...