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The Underground Railroad

GOLDEN GLOBE® winner
Season 1
From Academy Award® winner Barry Jenkins and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, "The Underground Railroad" is a new series that chronicles Cora Randall’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South. After escaping a Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad beneath the Southern soil.
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  1. S1 E1 - Chapter 1: Georgia
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    May 13, 2021
    1 h 9 min
    18+
    When Caesar convinces Cora to escape from Randall plantation in Georgia their lives are irrevocably changed. They discover the impossible in an underground railroad which takes them on an unexpected journey and reveals the true face of America.
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  2. S1 E2 - Chapter 2: South Carolina
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    May 13, 2021
    1 h 6 min
    18+
    Griffin, South Carolina – a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets, especially the secrets of “Bessie" and "Christian." Meanwhile, bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora.
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  3. S1 E3 - Chapter 3: North Carolina
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    May 13, 2021
    1 h 11 min
    13+
    Cora reaches a dangerous small town in North Carolina where she must secret away in an abolitionist’s attic while putting everyone’s lives in danger.
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  4. S1 E4 - Chapter 4: The Great Spirit
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    May 13, 2021
    41min
    18+
    A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit.
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  5. S1 E5 - Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus
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    May 13, 2021
    1 h 2 min
    18+
    Captured by Ridgeway, Cora is forced to travel across the barren inferno of Tennessee. She shares the perilous journey with Jasper, a noble runaway filled with inner-strength.
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  6. S1 E6 - Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs
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    May 13, 2021
    1h
    18+
    For Arnold Ridgeway, a journey home reveals that "the past is not past." And a chance encounter with a freedman named Royal gives Cora new hope.
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  7. S1 E7 - Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs
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    May 13, 2021
    21min
    16+
    Let the fire burn.
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  8. S1 E8 - Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn
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    May 13, 2021
    1 h 7 min
    13+
    Royal brings Cora to Valentine Farm, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier. Carrying the scars of her journey, Cora struggles to find peace in this new home.
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  9. S1 E9 - Chapter 9: Indiana Winter
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    May 13, 2021
    1 h 18 min
    13+
    Cora’s presence as a fugitive ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community. Just as she was beginning to make this her home, chaos reigns.
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  10. S1 E10 - Chapter 10: Mabel
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    May 13, 2021
    59min
    13+
    In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.
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The Underground Railroad - Official Teaser Trailer
The Underground Railroad - Official Teaser Trailer
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The Underground Railroad—an odyssey through time and space—is a kinetic adventure of one woman’s ferocious will to escape bondage. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this series is the television debut of Academy award winning director Barry Jenkins.
The Underground Railroad—an odyssey through time and space—is a kinetic adventure of one woman’s ferocious will to escape bondage. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this series is the television debut of Academy award winning director Barry Jenkins.
The Underground Railroad—an odyssey through time and space—is a kinetic adventure of one woman’s ferocious will to escape bondage. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, this series is the television debut of Academy award winning director Barry Jenkins.

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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Subtitles
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Directors
Barry Jenkins
Producers
Barry JenkinsAdele RomanskiMark CeryakBrad PittDede GardnerJeremy KleinerRichard HeusColson Whitehead
Cast
William Jackson HarperWill PoulterWilliam Jackson HarperWill Poulter
Studio
Amazon Studios
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