VIDEO: Michaela Coel and John Goodman Star in the Trailer for BLACK EARTH RISING

By: Jan. 15, 2019
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Netflix has released the trailer for ??????the limited series, Black Earth Rising. Watch the trailer below!

Black Earth Rising is a contemporary thriller that follows THE JOURNEY of Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel), a Rwandan orphaned by the genocide, raised in London by an adoptive mother and trying to discover the truth of her past. She is helped in her search by lawyer Michael Ennis (John Goodman). The series examines the West's relationship with Africa, set in a world of prosecution of war crimes.

Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, The Shadow Line) wrote and directed the series. Greg Brenman (The Honourable Woman, Doctor Foster) is executive producing.

Also starring are Harriet Walter (Patrick Melrose), Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and Noma Dumezweni (Electric Dreams).

Black Earth Rising launches January 25 on Netflix.


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