The Underground Railroad
FRIDAY, MAY 14
The Underground Railroad is much more than a metaphor in this memorable limited series, which director and Oscar-winning writer) based on Colson Whitehead’s critically acclaimed 2016 bestseller. Instead of a succession of safe houses, this escape route for fugitive enslaved people heading north to safety is a literal subterranean rail line. While the series is full of compelling characters, it’s the harrowing journey of young Cora Randall (South African actress Thuso Mbedu, far left, with ’s William Jackson Harper) after she escapes a Georgia plantation that remains at the show’s heart.
