The best series of 2021
Tymon Smith rounds up his top 10 series picks for this year
The Underground Railroad — Amazon Prime Video
Barry Jenkins’ epic, evocative and exquisitely realised adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel imagines an alternative vision of slave-era America that’s sometimes more hopeful and often more brutal than the reality. South African Thuso Mbedu stars as the heroine Cora, a young woman raised in the plantations of the South who escapes from bondage on a literal underground railroad only to find that the broader world is as racist and unforgiving as the one she’s left behind. This challenging, engaging and beautiful drama asks the still difficult and necessary questions that remain unresolved in US society...
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Subscribe now to unlock this article.
Support BusinessLIVE’s award-winning journalism for R129 per month (digital access only).
There’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in SA. Our subscription packages now offer an ad-free experience for readers.
Cancel anytime.
Questions? Email helpdesk@businesslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00. Got a subscription voucher? Redeem it now.