Black Earth Rising (2018)

Miniseries

Rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide as a child, Kate was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

Released Sept. 10, 2018 Episode 59 min 16+

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Watch Providers: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

Production Companies: Drama Republic, Eight Rooks

Network: BBC Two

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Kinyarwanda

IMDb 4053

7.5

/6040/

Trakt

/286/

TMDb

/71/

Letterboxd

3.8

/1290/

Tomatoes

/34/

Popcorn

Metacritic

/9/

Hugo Blick
Director

Michaela Coel
Kate Ashby

John Goodman
Michael Ennis

Noma Dumezweni
Alice Munezero

Lucian Msamati
David Runihura

Tyrone Huggins
Patrice Ganimana

Tamara Tunie
Eunice Clayton

Emmanuel Imani
Florence Karamera

Abena Ayivor
President Bibi Mundanzi

3.6

S1E1 - In Other News

As a child, Kate was rescued from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Now she is shocked when her adoptive mother prosecutes a controversial militia leader.

Sept. 10, 2018, midnight