Ta-Nehisi Coates to Host Live Conversation With ‘The Underground Railroad’s’ Barry Jenkins and Thuso Mbedu (EXCLUSIVE)

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Presented in partnership with Film at Lincoln Center and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the private virtual screening will take place May 10, just ahead of the series’ debut May 14 on Amazon Prime Video. Fans will be able to access a recorded version of the conversation on May 14 on the Film at theBased on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Underground Railroad” follows a woman named Cora in her desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.

Coates’ debut novel, “The Water Dancer,” also tackles the topic of the Underground Railroad. The book focuses on Hiram Walker, who was born into slavery but propels into the underground war between slave owners and the enslaved after a brush with death, in which Walker was saved by his special conduction abilities. In Nov. 2020, it was announced that Coates’All 10 episodes of “The Underground Railroad” debut May 14 on Amazon Prime Video.

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