The Underground Railroad (miniseries)

The Underground Railroad
Genre	Historical fiction
Created by	Barry Jenkins
Based on	The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Directed by	Barry Jenkins
Starring	Thuso Mbedu Chase W. Dillon Joel Edgerton Fred Hechinger Peter Mullan Mychal-Bella Bowman Sheila Atim
Composer	Nicholas Britell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Barry Jenkins Adele Romanski Brad Pitt Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner
Cinematography	James Laxton[1]
Running time	20–77 minutes
Production companies	Plan B Entertainment Pastel Productions Big Indie Pictures Amazon Studios
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)
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The Underground Railroad is an American historical drama limited television series created and directed by Barry Jenkins based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Colson Whitehead. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 14, 2021.

The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, the BAFTA for Best International Programme, received a Peabody Award, and garnered several other nominations including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.