The thing about Netflix deciding to expand their African content is that they have been quite consistent. At the 2019 Canne Film Festival, wherein Senegalese-French filmmkaer Mati Diop emerged as the first black female director to win the Grand Prix for her debut Atlantique, Netflix had quickly nabbed the film rights. Netflix has a huge... Read More

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January 25, 2019

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Michaela Coel is a genocide survivor in ‘Black Earth Rising,’ which arrives Netflix today

Michaela Coel has taken on another project post-Chewing Gum, the Netflix British comedy that thrust her into the spotlight. This one, titled Black Earth Rising, is dark and quietly disturbing as it focuses on Coel as a woman who was rescued as a young child during the Rwandan genocide and adopted by Eve Ashby (Harriet Walter),... Read More

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August 14, 2018

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The trailer for the BBC Two and Netflix thriller “Black Earth Rising” is here, and it’s gripping

I’m still not over the casting of Michaela Coel in the BBC Two and Netflix thriller Black Earth Rising, which we reported in May. Perhaps it’s a withdrawal symptom of not watching her anymore in Chewing Gum, a show she created and wrote and whimsically starred as the lead role. Unlike Chewing Gum‘s relaxed themes,... Read More

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May 1, 2018

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Michaela Coel to star in BBC, Netflix war crimes drama “Black Earth Rising

There are many reasons to love Michaela Coel. Aside from giving us the religious but Beyonce-obsessed Tracey Gordon in the British sitcom Chewing Gum, she’s also starred in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Mirror, making her one of the UK’s rising stars. Now, Coel will be joining other A-list names for the Netflix... Read More

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