The Underground Railroad 2021
Created by Barry Jenkins
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 1 season
- 10 episodes
- Ended
- TV-MA
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.
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Cast
- Thuso MbeduCora Randall
- Chase W. DillonHomer
- Joel EdgertonArnold Ridgeway
Crew
- Barry JenkinsCreator
- Colson WhiteheadNovel
- James LaxtonDirector of Photography
- Nicholas BritellOriginal Music Composer
- Richleigh Hz HeaghProducer
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Seasons
- Miniseries10 eps · 2021
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