![]() Preserving the sweep and grandeur of a story like this requires bold, innovative thinking and in Amazon we’ve found a partner whose reverence for storytelling and freeness of form is wholly in line with our vision. “It’s a groundbreaking work that pays respect to our nation’s history while using the form to explore it in a thoughtful and original way. “Going back to ‘The Intuitionist,’ Colson’s writing has always defied convention, and ‘The Underground Railroad’ is no different,” said Jenkins in a statement. ![]() ![]() READ MORE: What Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis and More Are Working on After Their Oscar Victories The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead review luminous, furious and wildly inventive This thrilling, genre-bending tale of escape from slavery in the American deep south contains. The series marks the “Moonlight” writer/director’s first new endeavor since his surprise Oscar glory last month. Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad Matthew Dischinger AbStrACt Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel, The Underground Railroad, tells the story of an enslaved woman, Cora, attempting to escape a Georgia plantation and make her way to freedom by using the underground railroad. Now we know who it’s for: Amazon is developing the hourlong limited drama, which Jenkins will both write and direct. ![]() We’ve known for a while now that Barry Jenkins is working on an adaptation of “ The Underground Railroad,” Colson Whitehead’s National Book Award–winning novel. ![]()
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