Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 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 full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Over the course of her journey, Cora is pursued by Arnold Ridgeway, a bounty hunter who is fixated on bringing her back to the plantation she escaped; especially since her mother Mabel is the only one he has never caught. As she travels from state to state, Cora contends with the legacy of the mother that left her behind and her own struggles to realize a life she never thought was possible.
About the Moderator
Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize winner and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of The New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. A gifted storyteller, Wilkerson captivates audiences with the universal human story of migration and reinvention, as well as the unseen hierarchies that have divided us as a nation, in order to find a way to transcend them.
Written By: Jihan Crowther, Allison Davis, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barry Jenkins, Nathan C. Parker, Adrienne Rush Based on the Novel by: Colson Whitehead Directed by: Barry Jenkins Starring: Thuso Mbedu, Joel Edgerton, Chase W. Dillon, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Sheila Atim
Distributor: Amazon Prime Video
Screener Access Instructions:
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD is available to stream on Prime Video. Members who do not have an Amazon Prime Video subscription can watch a screener using the URL and access code included in their RSVP confirmation email.
