‘In this series, our main character and the settings are evolving alongside one another. So when I first read the novel, I got that feeling again of being a kid growing up in the projects, and imagining black people on trains underground. ‘And then you learn it wasn’t actually like that, and it was almost like learning that the tooth fairy or Santa Claus didn’t exist. ‘I remember as a kid hearing about the underground railroad, and picturing black people on trains underground,’ he says. (Image credit: Amazon Prime)īarry Jenkins, Oscar-winning director of 2016 film Moonlight who has turned The Underground Railroad book bu Colson Whitehead (see below) into this TV series, recalls being enthralled by tales of the so-called railroad as a youngster. 'The Underground Railroad' star Joel Edgerton as ruthless bounty hunter Ridgeway.
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