Underground Railroad

Synopsis

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.

First aired

13 May 2021

Created by

Barry Jenkins

Original title

The Underground Railroad

Cast

Thuso Mbedu

Cora Randall

Chase W. Dillon

Homer

Joel Edgerton

Arnold Ridgeway