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Barry Jenkin's Miniseries the Underground Railroad is getting Rave Reviews

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Its based on Colson Whitehead's Novel the Underground Railroad, which depicts the underground railroad as an actual railroad with tracks and a conductor and stations.

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Jenkins and Plan B are pushing the boundaries of television as entertainment in the streaming age.
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Stephen Robinson
Jenkins has assembled an amazing cast, including William Jackson Harper as Cora's love interest, Royal, and Lily Rabe, who chills the screen as Ethel, the wife of a North Carolina abolitionist (Damon Herriman).
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Katie Rosseinsky
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It's a staggering achievement, and one that for many directors would be their defining work, but with Jenkins, this feels more like a statement of intent, and a sign of more to come.
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Trailer is not convincing me to watch..not thrilled about it at all. They should release a new trailer
 

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Trailer is not convincing me to watch..not thrilled about it at all. They should release a new trailer
The other clips that I have seen it looks beautiful like a Hayao Miyazaki film come to life, and its more of a scifi horror or surrealist fantasy than something Historical. Its fiction it just takes place during slavery..




 

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So a majority non African-American cast? Has anyone read the novel? That sounds more interesting than the trailer looks tbh.
 
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