Overview

• The trailer introduces the series’ 19th-century setting and charts young Wash’s inventive mind as he flees a Barbados plantation aboard the airship The Cloud Cutter.
• Eddie Karanja and Ernest Kingsley Jr. portray Wash at ages 11 and adulthood, with Sterling K. Brown starring as Halifax community leader Medwin Harris alongside Tom Ellis, Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Edward Bluemel and Sharon Duncan-Brewster.
• The eight-episode drama uses a dual-timeline structure to contrast Wash’s childhood experiences with his life in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Produced by 20th Television Production in association with Indian Meadows Productions and The Gotham Group, the series lists executive producers including Sterling K. Brown, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and Kimberly Ann Harrison, with Esi Edugyan as co-producer.
• All eight episodes will be available to stream on Hulu on July 23, offering a blend of historical fantasy and themes of freedom, family and self-discovery.