Release Date

10 Sep, 2018

Total Episode/Season

8/1

Synopsis

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

Original Title

Black Earth Rising

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Miniseries

10 Sep, 2018

Rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as a child, Kate was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

Actors

Michaela Coel

John Goodman

Noma Dumezweni

Lucian Msamati

Tyrone Huggins

Tamara Tunie

Emmanuel Imani

Abena Ayivor

Crew

Greg Brenman

Adam Jennings

Ash Daniyan

Stuart King

Victoria Lockwood

Robert Price

Shaun Mitcheson

Imogen Lloyd

Faith Johnston

Rosalind Howes

Alanna Miejluk

Tilly Sharp

Rebekah Woolley

Oliver Benson