The Holiday Stocking's Nadine Ellis, BJ Britt, And Tamala Jones Talk Representation

There's a great representation aspect to this movie. What has that been like for you to be able to spearhead that kind of change in Hollywood?

Jones: It's been great, and I really appreciate Hallmark for not just diversifying Hallmark but giving us our own section where we can create movies that actually are us, that show who we are as a people — brown, African American, whatever. I think it was a very courageous thing that they did, and I am very honored to be a part of their very first Christmas movie. It's great.

Ellis: Yeah. It's magic, for sure.

Jones: It is.

Ellis: To know that there's going to be families out there who can watch films that include people who look like them, authentic voices in front of and behind the camera — it's really special.

Jones: Yeah.

Britt: They [said] it all. I'm going to piggyback on what they [said]. It's truly an honor, seriously, to be able to tell an authentic and a real story. And to be the first of anything is amazing, but to be [in] the first Christmas movie of Hallmark Mahogany is truly an honor.

"The Holiday Stocking" premieres Saturday, December 3 at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT.

This interview has been edited for clarity.