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‘Washington Black’ Trailer: Sterling K. Brown and Ernest Kingsley Jr. Travel the World in Coming-of-Age Story (TV News Roundup)


The first trailer for "Washington Black" starring Sterling K. Brown and Ernest Kingsley Jr. shows a coming-of-age story set in the 19th century.

The series, based on Esi Edugyan’s best selling novel of the same name follows George Washington “Wash” Black, an eleven-year-old boy born on a Barbados sugar plantation, whose prodigious scientific mind sets him on a path of unexpected destiny in the 19th century. Additional cast members for “Washington Black” include Tom Ellis, Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Edward Bluemel, Charles Dance, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Eddie Karanja, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Blaine Dorey, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, and Billy Boyd. “Washington Black” will be executive produced by Brown, Hinds, Harrison, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wanuri Kahiu, Mo Marable, Rob Seidenglanz, Jeremy Bell, Lindsay Williams, D.J.

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