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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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