'The Underground Railroad': the Barry Jenkins series that premieres Amazon Prime Video

This week in which we reach the equator of the month of May, several quality series are premiered, among which The Underground Railroad stands out. A new Amazon Prime Video limited series that will adapt Colson Whitehead’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. It told the incredible journey of Cora, a young slave who manages to escape from a plantation through the famous Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad will feature nine episodes that have been directed by Barry Jenkins, known for the Oscar-winning film Moonlight. The series has actors such as Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon or Joel Edgerton in its cast. The director tells the story of the ‘Underground Railroad’, a network of secret routes and shelters that were used by enslaved African Americans in the 19th century to escape to the free states and to Canada in pre-war North America. The Underground Railroad – The Cora’s Decisive Journey The Underground Railroad tells of young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate move for freedom in the pre-American Civil War South. Subjected to the cruelty of her masters, the young protagonist decides to flee with César to the North to achieve freedom.After a hard escape, Cora manages to escape from her Georgia plantation through the ‘Underground Railorad’. She will be able to see with her own eyes that this term is not a simple metaphor, but a real train full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels under the southern soil. actress Thuso Mbedu in the role of Cora. Thuso Mbedu is a South African actress who was nominated for an International Emmy Award for her role on the soap opera Is’Thunz.Joining her are Chase W. Dillon (Little America), Aaron Pierre (Krypton), and actor-director Joel Edgerton as main faces of the story. The cast is completed by the actors Justice Leak, Damon Herriman, William Jackson Harper, Amber Gray, Jim Klock, Will Poulter, Lily Rabe, Lucius Baston, Fred Hechinger, Owen Harn and Bri Collins, among others. series that tells of the slaves’ fight for their freedom in the 19th century. A new fiction that premieres this Friday, May 14 on Amazon Prime Video and that is one of the most anticipated by those who are looking for historical series. A good option to entertain us next weekend.