the underground railroad

The Power of Alternative History in Barry Jenkins’ Series’ ‘The Underground Railroad’

The Power of Alternative History in Barry Jenkins’ Series’ ‘The Underground Railroad’

Barry Jenkins’ beautiful and brutal adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s alternative history, ‘The Underground Railroad’, indulges in compelling retro Afrofuturism.

The Story of a Nation Built on Murder, Theft, and Cruelty

The Story of a Nation Built on Murder, Theft, and Cruelty

The specter of slavery draws unavoidable correlations to contemporary American society in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad.