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Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
Oct 29, 2009 · The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South. The exact dates of its existence are not ...
Apr 29, 2021 · NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES BY BARRY JENKINS (COMING MAY 2021) WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' Guardian 'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' Observer 'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year ...
May 23, 2021 · Just like The Underground Railroad, Small Axe is expected to be a major frontrunner in the miniseries category for the upcoming Emmy awards. Directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen, it is an anthology of five TV films, each of which deals with a particular aspect of the lives of immigrants from the West Indies who settled in Britain between the 1960s and the 1980s.
Oct 28, 2019 · On a night in 1831 something stirred along the shores of the Ohio River. A splash, followed by men swearing and a frantic search for a canoe. The specific details are hazy, but the bones of the matter are known: A slave named Tice Davids, in desperate flight from a plantation in Kentucky, leapt into the Ohio River in hopes of reaching freedom on the other side.
Feb 25, 2021 · The 10-episode limited series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead. About The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad chronicles Cora Randall’s (newcomer Thuso Mbedu) desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no ...
Barry Jenkins serves as showrunner and directs all ten episodes of the limited series. He executive produces alongside Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt and Colson Whitehead. The Underground Railroad is a production of Plan B, Pastel and Big Indie with Amazon Studios.
