CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Following in the foot steps of Black Reign, AVN’s Best Ethnic-Themed Series, Mercenary Pictures launches Black Moon Risin’, featuring black female newcomers with experienced black male performers. It is the first black-on-black pro-am line from the company, complimenting its other new girl title, Fresh Out the Box. The first volume of Black Moon Risin’, available on store shelves this week, features Lisa, Ashley Licks, Somaya, Eve Mayfair, Yazmine Fine, Vixen and Ashley. Byron Long, Lucky Star, Marco Banderas, Brian Pumper, Deshaun Hayes and three time AVN Male Performer of the Year and Mercenary Pictures owner Lexington Steele also appear in the title. Tina Tyler, director of Black Moon Risin’ as well as Mercenary’s Fresh Out the Box, the all-oral IronHead series and Black Viking Pictures’ solo male Handyman line, said, “It’s great to be working with new talent and helping to make sure one of their first experiences in front of the camera is positive. These are beautiful women and they are matched with partners who bring the most out of them. Mercenary’s fans of ethnic adult entertainment are sure to take to this title.” Steele said that with the company’s notoriety in the ethnic segment of the all-sex market and the growing sales from Fresh Out the Box, the market was ready for an all-black new girl line like Black Moon Risin’. “We’ve always taken the ethnic market very seriously at Mercenary and no other company spends what we spend and gives the attention to ethnic market as we do,” Steele said. “Black Reign’s two back-to-back AVN wins for Best Ethnic-Themed Series is a demonstration of our dominance in this market. We will do the same in the black new girl category with Black Moon Risin’.” For more information, visit LEXINGTONSTEELE.COM. Distributors may contact Hank at (818) 718-1462 or (866) 289-1414, or email him at [email protected]. For foreign sales, contact Dani at [email protected].