The trailer for 'The Underground Railroad', a new series headed to Amazon Prime, has arrived.
'The Underground Railroad' marks the first series Barry Jenkins has directed.
Jenkins would be best-known for the movie 'Moonlight'. He won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars, and the movie won Best Picture.
He followed the movie with the gorgeous 'If Beale Street Could Talk'. In the past, he has directed episodes of 'Dear White People' and 'Futurestates'.
Jenkins will also be helming the sequel to the remake of 'The Lion King'.
The cast of 'The Underground Railroad' is led by newcomer Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon and Joel Edgerton.
The series chronicles Cora Randall’s (Mbedu) desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.
After escaping a Georgia plantation, Cora discovers an underground railroad full of engineers and conductors, which comprises a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
Ridgeway (Joel Edgerton) is a bounty hunter who is fixated on bringing Cora back to the plantation she escaped from; especially since her mother Mabel is the only one he has never caught.
Cora travels from state to state and contends with the legacy of the mother that left her behind.
All ten episodes of 'The Underground Railroad' drop exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on May 14th.
