The Underground Railroad (2021)
2021 · 1 season · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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.
Created by Barry Jenkins. Starring Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon and Joel Edgerton.
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