Black Earth Rising

About Black Earth Rising

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

Hugo Blick created Black Earth Rising, a crime and mystery series for BBC Two. Its one season of 8 episodes was broadcast from September 2018 to October 2018.

Michaela Coel leads the cast as Kate Ashby, John Goodman as Michael Ennis, Noma Dumezweni as Alice Munezero, and Lucian Msamati as David Runihura. Production companies include Drama Republic and Eight Rooks.

Members will find justice, genocide, social justice, and rwandan genocide in it. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Bodyguard, Designated Survivor, and Prisoner make useful companions to Black Earth Rising, all filed under conspiracy, suspenseful, and thriller. It scores 6.5 out of 10 from 78 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.