The Underground Railroad (2021)

Directed by

Barry Jenkins

Genre

drama, sci-fi & fantasy

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 149 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young enslaved woman escapes a Georgia plantation and follows a literal underground railroad, traveling through different states and encountering varied responses to slavery. The series tracks her harrowing journey for freedom in a reimagined version of the antebellum South.

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What happens

The Underground Railroad is an American historical magical realism drama television miniseries created and directed by Barry Jenkins based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Colson Whitehead. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 14, 2021. The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film, the BAFTA for Best International Programme, received a Peabody Award, and garnered several other nominations including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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