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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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Black Earth Rising: Series 1

John Goodman

Michaela Coel

Noma Dumezweni

Ronald Guttman

Danny Sapani

Tamara Tunie

Harriet Walter

Vincent Carmichael

Nyasha Hatendi

Stanton Plummer-Cambridge

Herve Goffings

Gangndo Nguinabe

Nicholas Beveney

Yolanda Vazquez

Paul Herzberg

Simon Treves

Martin Bassindale

Matthew Steer

Malou Coindreau

Michael Gould

Cath Whitefield

Nancy Crane

Serge Hazanavicius

Francoise Lebrun

Wale Ojo

Alain Azerot

Greg Brenman

Abi Bach

Hugo Blick

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Black Earth Rising: Series 1: Episode 2: Looking at the Past

Looking at the Past

Episode 2

Episode 2: Looking at the Past

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A shocking incident in the Hague throws Kate into a new investigation.

Drama series. A shocking incident at the International Criminal Court changes everything. Michael launches a new investigation and turns to Kate for help.

Eve's case prosecuting Simon Nyamoya begins at the International Criminal Court, but a shocking incident changes everything. To try and uncover the truth behind these events, Michael Ennis launches a new case and turns to Kate for help. They will be defending Alice Munezero, a Rwandan government official and an old friend of Michael and Eve's. Alice stands accused of a historic war crime - the murder of a French priest in Rwanda in 1994.

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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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