What Is Netflix's Black Earth Rising About?
Michaela Coel Goes on a Journey That Changes Her Life Forever in Netflix's Black Earth Rising
Netflix can't stop, won't stop releasing new content! Just a day after Ryan Murphy's new series Ratched was announced, the streaming giant dropped a trailer for its new genocide drama starring Michaela Coel and John Goodman.
The BBC series — which originally aired in the UK last Fall — tells the story of Rwandan legal investigator Kate Ashby (Coel), who was adopted by British prosecutor Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter). When Eve begins working on a case at the International Criminal Court, prosecuting an African militia leader, Kate teams up with American lawyer Michael Ennis (Goodman) and they set on an journey to uncover her hidden past.
The eight-part series was written and directed by Hugo Blick. "'The past is never dead. It's not even past.' I was never quite sure what this famous quote meant but by following the fictional journey of a young black legal investigator in her global quest to unearth exactly who she is and where she comes from — now I do," Blick told IndieWire. "But then my heroine gets to discover something else that's altogether more terrifying and deadly: That some people's past is so secret others will stop at nothing to keep it buried." Black Earth Rising hits Netflix on Jan. 25.
