Black Cultural Archives (BCA) welcomes the multi-award-winning Barry Jenkins to its virtual stage to discuss his latest project, Underground Railroad. The ‘Moonlight’ director will be part of a live event hosted by award-winning journalist, Nadine Drummond, on Monday 17 May 2021 at 7pm.

The Underground Railroad chronicles Cora Randall’s (newcomer Thuso Mbedu) desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumoured Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.Over the course of her journey, Cora is pursued by Ridgeway (Joel Edgerton), a bounty hunter who is fixated on bringing her back to the plantation she escaped; especially since her mother Mabel is the only one he has never caught.As she travels from state to state, Cora contends with the legacy of the mother that left her behind and her own struggles to realise a life she never thought was possible.

Underground Railroad is available from May 14 on Amazon Prime.

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