Set shortly before the Civil War BLACK POWDER follows a former soldier turned black cowboy BILLY ECHO as he leads cattle from Texas to territories of Kansas. In route, through Oklahoma, Billy meets Doll a former prostitute and con artist that leads Billy to a sacred Native American burial ground where they discover an ancient black gun powder that can be used a nuclear warfare. They are soon captured by Native Apache Chief BORIS WOLFKILL before a subsequent escape. Upon losing their goods and cattle, Billy and Doll decide to get married on their way to Kansas. But soon a group of violent white men employed by plantation owners in Louisiana Delta have been tasked with raiding the remaining African American wagon trains and settlements to either scare them back to Louisiana or kill them. The raiders attempt to rape Doll, but soon realize their in over their heads when Billy unleashes the BLACK POWDER on the raiders and heroically frees the entire territory.
—Damon Packard