The Underground Railroad

2021 - 2021

Chapter 1: Georgia

Episode 1

When Caesar convinces Cora to escape from Randall plantation in Georgia their lives are irrevocably changed. They discover the impossible in an underground railroad which takes them on an unexpected journey and reveals the true face of America.

Chapter 2: South Carolina

Episode 2

Griffin, South Carolina – a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets, especially the secrets of “Bessie" and "Christian." Meanwhile, bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora.

Chapter 3: North Carolina

Episode 3

Cora reaches a dangerous small town in North Carolina where she must secret away in an abolitionist’s attic while putting everyone’s lives in danger.

Chapter 4: The Great Spirit

Episode 4

A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit.

Chapter 5: Tennessee - Exodus

Episode 5

Captured by Ridgeway, Cora is forced to travel across the barren inferno of Tennessee. She shares the perilous journey with Jasper, a noble runaway filled with inner-strength.

Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs

Episode 6

For Arnold Ridgeway, a journey home reveals that "the past is not past." And a chance encounter with a freedman named Royal gives Cora new hope.

Chapter 7: Fanny Briggs

Episode 7

Let the fire burn.

Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn

Episode 8

Royal brings Cora to Valentine Farm, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier. Carrying the scars of her journey, Cora struggles to find peace in this new home.

Chapter 9: Indiana Winter

Episode 9

Cora’s presence as a fugitive ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community. Just as she was beginning to make this her home, chaos reigns.

Chapter 10: Mabel

Episode 10

In this tale of motherhood, the beginning is the end is the beginning... for both mother and daughter.

Top Cast

Thuso Mbedu•Chase W. Dillon•Joel Edgerton

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Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

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Thuso Mbedu

Cora Randall

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Chase W. Dillon

Homer

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Joel Edgerton

Arnold Ridgeway

Full Crew

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Adele Romanski

Executive Producer

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Dede Gardner

Executive Producer

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Brad Pitt

Executive Producer

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Sara Murphy

Executive Producer

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Colson Whitehead

Novel

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Barry Jenkins

Executive Producer

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Nicholas Britell

Original Music Composer

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Jeremy Kleiner

Executive Producer

Jamie Feldman

Co-Producer

Paul D. Kelly

Art Direction

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Mark Friedberg

Production Design

Lindsey Molnar

Associate Producer

Shawn Petersen

Co-Producer

Richard L. Johnson

Supervising Art Director

Richard Heus

Executive Producer

Robert Pyzocha

Art Direction

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Caroline Eselin

Costume Design

Lisa Scoppa

Set Decoration

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Colson Whitehead

Executive Producer

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Mark Ceryak

Executive Producer

Doniella Davy

Makeup & Hair

Lawrence Davis

Makeup & Hair

Onnalee Blank

Sound Designer

Jason W. Jennings

Sound Designer

Gregg Perez

Set Dresser

Luke Gibleon

Sound Effects Editor

Mathew Waters

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tarn Fox

Visual Effects Supervisor

Dottie Starling

Visual Effects Supervisor

Britain Illingworth-Cramer

Set Designer

Fred Ruff

Visual Effects Supervisor

Atsushi Nishijima

Still Photographer

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James Laxton

Director of Photography

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Heikki Kossi

Foley Artist

Alan Newcomb

First Assistant "A" Camera

Susan Tanner

Leadman

Khalil La'Marr Pickett

Stunts

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Christian Wood

Visual Effects Supervisor

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