The Underground Railroad
TV14
Drama
History
American history
Cora embarks on a harrowing trip as she seeks true freedom while being hunted by a slave catcher.
Cast & Crew
Thuso Mbedu Cora
Chase W. Dillon Homer
Joel Edgerton Ridgeway
Aaron Pierre Caesar
Amber Gray Gloria Valentine
Barry Jenkins Executive Producer
Adele Romanski Executive Producer
Mark Ceryak Executive Producer
Dede Gardner Executive Producer
Jeremy Kleiner Executive Producer
Brad Pitt Executive Producer
Richard Heus Executive Producer
Jacqueline Hoyt Executive Producer
Colson Whitehead Executive Producer
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Matt Roush says...
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) directs a brutal yet lyrical 10-part adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the most powerful and devastating depiction of slavery on TV since Roots. South African actress Thuso Mbedu stars as runaway slave Cora, who embarks on a surreal journey aboard an actual underground train (the fantastical hook of Whitehead’s novel) towards an elusive freedom. Joel Edgerton is the relentless slave-catcher determined to return her to the pitiless Georgia plantation of her birth. (See the full review).
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