Hulu’s ‘Washington Black’ Is More Than Just A Globe-Trotting Historical Adventure
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The series, starring Sterling K. Brown and Ernest Kingsley Jr., takes audiences on an epic journey.
This post contains spoilers for Hulu’s “Washington Black.”
You get the sense that “Washington Black” has much more in store than just a globe-trotting odyssey as soon as the historical drama starts.
Narration from Sterling K. Brown’s Medwin Harris hints as much when he declares that everyone who steps off the last stop of the Underground Railroad, aka Halifax, Nova Scotia, has their own story — especially the titular protagonist. And that fictional tale isn’t just about a bright young man who ventures to see the world; it’s also about “family lost and family found.” Hence, the sprawling chain of events that unfold over the eight-episode Hulu series about George Washington “Wash” Black’s early life, based on Esi Edugyan’s best-selling 2018 novel.
“Washington Black” isn’t your typical linear tale. The 19th-century-set show, which premiered on Wednesday, travels back and forth in time to trace the journey of an 11-year-old boy (Eddie Karanja), born on a Barbados sugar plantation, who matures into a brilliant young scientist (Ernest Kingsley Jr.) still grappling with trauma after a devastating tragedy sends him away from his island home.
In between this period of hiding, Wash encounters a tribe of protectors who do their best to keep him out of harm’s way — the main ones being Big Kit (Shaunette Renée Wilson), the closet Wash has to a mother figure; Miss Angie (Sharon Duncan-Brewster), who offers Wash guidance; Titch (Tom Ellis), the steam-pump inventor who encourages Wash’s brilliance and also escapes with him after the untimely death of his brother; and, last but not least, Medwin, Wash’s confidante who keeps a close watchful eye over him as he stays at Medwin’s boarding house.
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