The BBC has debuted the first trailer for director Hugo Blick’s upcoming thriller series Black Earth Rising which stars John Goodman, Michaela Coel, Noma Dumezweni, Harriet Walter, Tamara Tunie, Lucian Msamati, and Abena Ayivor; watch it here…
“Playing out across the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA, Black Earth Rising explores issues of justice, guilt and self-determination. The story centres on Kate Ashby (Coel) who was rescued as a young child during the Rwandan genocide and adopted by Eve Ashby (Walter), a world class British prosecutor in international criminal law. Kate was raised in Britain and, now in her late twenties, she works as a legal investigator in the law chambers of Michael Ennis (Goodman). When Eve takes on a case at the International Criminal Court, prosecuting an African militia leader, the story detonates, pulling Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever.”
