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Black Earth Rising

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Kate Ashby finds the tragic shadow of her past impossible to escape.

A child of genocide, lawyer Kate is fighting for justice - but facing threats and cover-ups, what is the truth? Hugo Blick's tense thriller with Michaela Coel and John Goodman.

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John Goodman

Michaela Coel

Tyrone Huggins

Lucian Msamati

Danny Sapani

Tamara Tunie

Harriet Walter

Zaris-Angel Hator

Tom Pande

Gary Pillai

Paapa Essiedu

Elliot Levey

Garrett Hartman

Laurence Dobiesz

Gary Fannin

Briggitte Appiah

Kathryn Hunter

Martin Bassindale

Sule Rimi

Nigel Whitmey

John Albasiny

Nyasha Hatendi

Philip Arditti

Emmanuel Berthelot

Paul Herzberg

Michael Gould

Malou Coindreau

Ekow Blankson

Brimah Watara

Greg Brenman

Abi Bach

Hugo Blick

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Black Earth Rising: Series 1: Episode 1: In Other News

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British citizen Kate Ashby finds the shadow of her Rwandan past impossible to escape.

Drama. As a child, Kate was rescued from the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Now she is shocked when her adoptive mother prosecutes a controversial militia leader.

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. She was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

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As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

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