Overview
- All eight episodes of Washington Black premiered simultaneously on July 23 via Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally, with no further installments planned
- Showrunners Selwyn Seyfu Hinds and Kimberly Ann Harrison led the limited series for 20th Television alongside Indian Meadows Productions and The Gotham Group
- Reviewers have singled out performances by Ernest Kingsley Jr. and Eddie Karanja as the youthful Wash Black and Sterling K. Brown as mentor Medwin Harris
- Critics highlight the series’ fusion of 19th-century historical drama with steampunk motifs as a vivid framework for examining racism, resilience and scientific curiosity
- The show’s release on JioHotstar in India underscores Hulu and Disney+’s push for global distribution and diverse storytelling