Black Earth Rising

DramaCrime2018TV-MA8 episodes1 seasonMiniseries

First aired: 2018-09-10

Synopsis

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.

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Casting

  • John Goodman
    Michael Ennis
  • Michaela Coel
    Kate Ashby
  • Emmanuel Imani
    Florence Karamera
  • Tamara Tunie
    Eunice Clayton
  • Noma Dumezweni
    Alice Munezero
  • Abena Ayivor
    President Bibi Mundanzi
  • Lucian Msamati
    David Runihura
  • Tyrone Huggins
    Patrice Ganimana
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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.

Number of episodes 8