In Barry Jenkins’ 10-hour historical fantasy miniseries
The Underground Railroad, regret is generational, as easily passed down in a family as eye color or hair texture.
The Underground Railroad, adapted by the
Moonlight director from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 novel, takes place in antebellum Georgia. Yet it’d be a mistake to call the series a slave narrative. There’s only pain and suffering in a genre originally constructed to end slavery by explaining the horrors of plantation life to Northern white readers.
That gaze leapt from literature’s pages to dominate contemporary movie screens in films like
Amistad,
The Underground Railroad Trailer Debuts, Amazon Debut Set for May 14th
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Barry Jenkins is the creative team behind the series, based on the novel by
Colson Whitehead.
Joel Edgerton star alongside
Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Sheila Atim, Amber Gray, Peter De Jersey, Chukwudi Iwuji, Damon Herriman, Lily Rabe, Irone Singleton, Mychal-Bella Bowman, Marcus MJ Gladney, Jr., Will Poulter and
Peter Mullan. Check out the trailer below.
The Underground Railroad Synopsis
Nothing was given, all was earned. Hold on to what belongs to you. From Academy Award winner Jenkins and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Whitehead comes the Amazon Original limited series
Taking place in an alternate history, the series will follow Cora’s (Mbedu)
harrowing journey to freedom after escaping a Georgia plantation in the antebellum South for the rumored Underground Railroad, which is a secret network of tracks and tunnels run by engineers and conductors.
Throughout her journey, Cora grapples with the memories of her mother, Mabel, who left her behind during her own escape while being pursued by Ridgeway (Edgerton), a bounty hunter fixated on bringing Cora back to the plantation she escaped, especially since he never caught her mother.
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When asked how the series will resonate with audiences once it’s finally released, Harper told ET that he hopes “that people can watch this and really connect with the story and get angry. I would also hope that people would take that time to examine who they would be in that world.”
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