Overview

• All eight episodes premiered July 23 on Hulu and immediately earned a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes
• Ernest Kingsley Junior stars as George Washington “Wash” Black, whose scientific brilliance drives his escape from a Barbados plantation and global journey of self-discovery
• Sterling K. Brown portrays Medwin Harris, whose mentorship underscores the solidarity of an Afro-Nova Scotian community
• Showrunners Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and Kimberly Ann Harrison infuse the 19th-century drama with imaginative steampunk elements such as airships, steam-powered vehicles and Jules Verne-style apparatus
• Cast members frame the release as timely commentary on diversity and inclusion debates by drawing parallels between past and present instances of racial erasure