Directed by:
Barry JenkinsCinematography:
James LaxtonComposer:
Nicholas BritellCast:
Joel Edgerton, Aaron Pierre, Chase Dillon, Amber Gray, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, William Jackson Harper, Will Beinbrink, Marc Hockl, Jeff Pope, Fred Hechinger (more)Episodes(10)
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Chapter 1: Georgia (E01)
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Chapter 2: South Carolina (E02)
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Chapter 3: North Carolina (E03)
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Chapter 4: The Great Spirit (E04)
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Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus (E05)
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Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs (E06)
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Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs (E07)
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Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn (E08)
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Chapter 9: Indiana Winter (E09)
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Chapter 10: Mabel (E10)
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A monumental reimagining of American history, Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning 2016 novel is a harrowing and rhapsodic journey through a still-echoing past. Weaving together historical fiction with moments of magical realism, The Underground Railroad is a full sensory immersion into the world of Cora (Thuso Mbedu), who, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom—and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way. With images of searing power and stirring poetry, Jenkins delivers an epic saga of survival and resilience that pushes the limited-series format to new heights of cinematic transcendence. (Criterion)
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