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May 13, 2021, 1:50 am
Star of The Underground Railroad Thuso Mbedu said the highly anticipated series about runaway slaves in the 19th century US is not ‘trauma porn’ (Kyle Kaplan/Amazon/PA)
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Star of The Underground Railroad Thuso Mbedu said the highly anticipated series about runaway slaves in the 19th century US is not “trauma porn”.
Amazon’s big-budget prestige drama, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins, arrives amid a debate over if and how black trauma should be shown on screen.
Joburg Theatre celebrates Thuso Mbedu Day with The Underground Railroad watch party
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As Mzansi prepares to celebrate Thuso Mbedu Day, this Friday, the iconic Joburg Theatre is hosting an exclusive âThe Underground Railroadâ watch party.
Joburg Theatre will be screening the first episode of the series on Friday, May 14, from 7pm.
The watch party includes an extensive interview with star of the moment, twotime Emmy nominee Thuso Mbedu.
The interview, which will be conducted by the creative duo Fezokuhle Mthonti and Andiswa Mkosi, will also include snippets of Mbeduâs upcoming film âThe Woman Kingâ, starring Academy Award-winner Viola Davis.
Moonlight (2016), debuts on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, May 14. The 10-episode show, based on Colson Whitehead s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, follows Cora Randall as she tries to escape the antebellum South. She finds an actual railroad and not just a metaphorical one for her journey north. Cora is being hunted by Arnold Ridgeway, who is determined to bring her back to Georgia because her mother is the only escapee he has never caught. The series stars Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon and Joel Edgerton. The Spare Room.Somewhere Else recently reopened behind the pool at the Hollywood Roosevelt.
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