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Black Earth Rising

  • TV Series
  • 20182018
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  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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John Goodman, Noma Dumezweni, Michaela Coel, and Emmanuel Imani in Black Earth Rising (2018)
This intricate thriller addresses the personal, legal and political turmoil ignited by the prosecution of international war crimes.
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Kate is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose adoptive mother, an international lawyer, faces a case that will shake their lives.Kate is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose adoptive mother, an international lawyer, faces a case that will shake their lives.Kate is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide whose adoptive mother, an international lawyer, faces a case that will shake their lives.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
6,063
11
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    • Stars
      • John Goodman
      • Michaela Coel
      • Noma Dumezweni
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    • Stars
      • John Goodman
      • Michaela Coel
      • Noma Dumezweni
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    • 104User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

    Episodes8

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    Gary Gershoff and Michaela Coel at an event for Black Earth Rising (2018)
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    John Goodman and Michaela Coel in Black Earth Rising (2018)
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    Michaela Coel in Black Earth Rising (2018)
    Michaela Coel in Black Earth Rising (2018)
    Lunch break on an especially hot Ghanaian afternoon. March 2018.
    On location in Ghana, an hour outside of Koforidua. February 2018.
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    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Michael Ennis
    8 episodes8 eps • 2018
    Michaela Coel
    Michaela Coel
    • Kate Ashby
    8 episodes8 eps • 2018
    Noma Dumezweni
    Noma Dumezweni
    • Alice Munezero
    7 episodes7 eps • 2018
    Lucian Msamati
    Lucian Msamati
    • David Runihura
    6 episodes6 eps • 2018
    Tyrone Huggins
    • Patrice Ganimana
    5 episodes5 eps • 2018
    Tamara Tunie
    Tamara Tunie
    • Eunice Clayton
    5 episodes5 eps • 2018
    Nicholas Beveney
    • Nkanza a Nkanga
    5 episodes5 eps • 2018
    Treva Etienne
    Treva Etienne
    • Frank Munezero
    5 episodes5 eps • 2018
    Malou Coindreau
    • Hana Ennis
    5 episodes5 eps • 2018
    Emmanuel Imani
    Emmanuel Imani
    • Florence Karamera
    5 episodes5 eps • 2018
    Abena Ayivor
    Abena Ayivor
    • President Bibi Mundanzi
    4 episodes4 eps • 2018
    Adrian Schiller
    Adrian Schiller
    • Daniel Drewe
    4 episodes4 eps • 2018
    Paul Herzberg
    • Zava Zand
    4 episodes4 eps • 2018
    Michael Gould
    Michael Gould
    • Harper Hopkinson
    4 episodes4 eps • 2018
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • Jacques Antoine Barre
    3 episodes3 eps • 2018
    Julian Glover
    Julian Glover
    • Mark Viner
    3 episodes3 eps • 2018
    Timothy Walker
    Timothy Walker
    • Richard Ratzenburger
    3 episodes3 eps • 2018
    Nancy Crane
    Nancy Crane
    • Judge Deborah Hewitt
    3 episodes3 eps • 2018
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    • Trivia
      The actor Hugo Blick playing the vile attorney Blake Gaines, is also the series writer and director.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Anne Hathaway/Sherrod Brown/Michaela Coel/Venzella Joy (2019)

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    10/10
    Probably the best drama I've seen in recent times
    I can't pretend to understand or ever really know the pain of the survivors of the Rwanda genocide but this drama has such strength in not only Michaela Coel's performance but in its script, its twists and turns, its depth and sensitivity to a painful and ultimately so desperately human tragedy that anyone who has the capacity to want to at least learn even at they watch how much the "great game" and its modern equivalents have repercussions beyond anything imaginable to most of us outside its direct impact.

    Of course it's written from a Western lens and can never tell a "true" tale but it helps us, I think, to see how difficult, how complex and how deeply impactful the very things we take for granted today have had on millions of lives far away from ours, and even now, how a few powerful people keep trying to control everything, regardless of how lives are completely torn asunder to gain their wealth and power.

    Don't let its pace or its great visual beauty put you off its underlying message. Everyone has secrets, everyone has pain and sickness and death will always walk amongst the living but sometimes the truth has to come out in order for us to move forwards. The reality of our world is one where some will always seek, through the vilest means, to sacrifice the lives of thousands for profit and power. Only though understanding that can we ever seek to encourage justice, change and hope.
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    • Sep 1, 2019

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    • What was the significance between Rwanda and Singapore when David mentioned "We are not Singapore" to Bibi?

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Forgiving Earth
    • Filming locations
      • Ghana
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Drama Republic
      • Forgiving Earth
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      1 hour
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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