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New York Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Washington Black' Is a Defiantly Joyful Fable
As the opening scenes of 'Washington Black' come into view, the narrator Sterling K. Brown tells viewers that what's about to unfold is 'the story of a boy brave enough to change the world.' In the sweeping 19th-century adventure that follows, the wide-eyed, kindhearted George Washington Black, a.k.a. Wash, escapes the Barbados sugar plantation where he has been enslaved since birth, finds freedom and romance in Canada and uses his keen intellect to make marvelous scientific breakthroughs. The eight-part series, based on Esi Edugyan's acclaimed 2018 novel of the same name, debuts Wednesday on Hulu. As the saga bounces back and forth in time, Wash (played by Eddie Karanja) as a boy and by Ernest Kingsley Jr. as a young man) hones his prodigious artistic talents with help from Christopher Wilde (Tom Ellis), a white scientist who facilitates the boy's escape from bondage. Wash learns crucial lessons about the world — and his socially precarious place in it — as he soars through the air in a fantastical flying machine, sails the Caribbean Sea with pirates, rides a dog sled through the Arctic tundra and dodges a relentless bounty hunter hired by his former enslaver. Brown's production company, Indian Meadows Productions, secured the rights to the novel in 2019 and the show's creator, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, set about transforming the transcontinental coming-of-age tale for the screen. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sterling K. Brown's ‘Washington Black' Limited Series Gets Premiere Date At Hulu
Hulu has set a July premiere date for Washington Black, the Sterling K. Brown-fronted adaptation of Esi Edugyan's novel. The series, which received a straight-to-series order, will launch with all eight episodes on Wednesday, July 23 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Washington Black follows the 19th-century odyssey of George Washington 'Wash' Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny. When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom and love. As he navigates uncharted lands and impossible odds, Wash finds the courage to imagine a future beyond the confines of the society he was born into. More from Deadline 2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 'The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives' Season 2 Draws 5M Views Globally In First 5 Days On Disney+ & Hulu Brown stars and executive produces the series. Also starring are Ernest Kingsley Jr., Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Edward Bluemel, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Eddie Karanja and Tom Ellis. Washington Black is produced by 20th Television in association with Indian Meadows Productions and The Gotham Group. Selwyn Hinds, Kim Harrison, Brown, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wanuri Kahiu, Mo Marable, Rob Seidenglanz, Jeremy Bell, Lindsay Williams, D.J. Goldberg, Jennifer Johnson and Anthony Hemingway executive produce. Hinds and Harrison are also showrunners for the series. Edugyan is co-producer. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies In Order - See Tom Cruise's 30-Year Journey As Ethan Hunt
