Home > Black Earth Rising > Miniseries « TV Series Page Black Earth Rising: Miniseries (2018) Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 79% Average Rating: 7.64/10 Season Reviews: 34 Fresh: 27 Rotten: 7 Critics Consensus: Black Earth Rising is an exceptional political thriller, confronting relevant challenges and deep-seated geopolitical problems with storytelling verve and a wise refusal to provide any easy answers. 82% Average Rating: 7.65/10 Season Reviews: 17 Fresh: 14 Rotten: 3 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Black Earth Rising is an exceptional political thriller, confronting relevant challenges and deep-seated geopolitical problems with storytelling verve and a wise refusal to provide any easy answers. AUDIENCE SCORE 81% liked it Average Rating: 4.2/5 User Ratings: 158 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 In Other News Air date: Jan 25, 2019 As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Now she is shocked when her adoptive mother prosecutes a controversial militia leader. More 2 Looking at the Past Air date: Jan 25, 2019 A shocking incident at the International Criminal Court changes everything. To get to the truth behind the events, Michael launches a new investigation and turns to Kate for help. More 3 A Ghost in Name Air date: Jan 25, 2019 Kate works alongside Michael to defend Alice Munezero from the charges laid against her in France - facing down threats to her own safety in her mission to reach the truth. More 4 A Bowl of Cornflakes Air date: Jan 25, 2019 After Alice Munezero's trial, Kate and Michael are stunned to learn a notorious genocidaire is now in the UK. But attempts to bring him to justice drive a wedge between the two. More 5 The Eyes of the Devil Air date: Jan 25, 2019 As Michael confers with Alice behind the scenes, and the government in Rwanda demands Ganimana's extradition, Kate is tempted to make her own moves to bring him to justice. More 6 The Game's True Nature Air date: Jan 25, 2019 Kate faces down danger in her search for a case file her mother had prepared against Ganimana years before. More 7 Double Bogey on the Ninth Air date: Jan 25, 2019 As Michael works to expose a long-buried crime, Kate learns the shocking truth about her own history, truth that may destroy her relationship with Michael forever. More 8 The Forgiving Earth Air date: Jan 25, 2019 While Michael works to expose an intricate political and financial conspiracy in London, Kate travels alone to Africa seeking the final truths about her personal history. More Black Earth Rising: Miniseries Videos 1:56 Black Earth Rising: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) Black Earth Rising: Miniseries Photos View All Photos (4) Tv Season Info Genre: Drama Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Jan 25, 2019 Cast John Goodman as Michael Ennis Michaela Coel as Kate Ashby Harriet Walter as Eve Ashby Tyrone Huggins as Patrice Ganimana Lucian Msamati as David Runihura Danny Sapani as General Simon Nyamoya Tamara Tunie as Eunice Clayton Show More Cast News & Interviews for Black Earth Rising: Miniseries 2019 TV Premiere Dates Calendar View All Black Earth Rising: Miniseries News Episodes 1 In Other News Air date: Jan 25, 2019 As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Now she is shocked when her adoptive mother prosecutes a controversial militia leader. More 2 Looking at the Past Air date: Jan 25, 2019 A shocking incident at the International Criminal Court changes everything. To get to the truth behind the events, Michael launches a new investigation and turns to Kate for help. More 3 A Ghost in Name Air date: Jan 25, 2019 Kate works alongside Michael to defend Alice Munezero from the charges laid against her in France - facing down threats to her own safety in her mission to reach the truth. More 4 A Bowl of Cornflakes Air date: Jan 25, 2019 After Alice Munezero's trial, Kate and Michael are stunned to learn a notorious genocidaire is now in the UK. But attempts to bring him to justice drive a wedge between the two. More 5 The Eyes of the Devil Air date: Jan 25, 2019 As Michael confers with Alice behind the scenes, and the government in Rwanda demands Ganimana's extradition, Kate is tempted to make her own moves to bring him to justice. More 6 The Game's True Nature Air date: Jan 25, 2019 Kate faces down danger in her search for a case file her mother had prepared against Ganimana years before. More 7 Double Bogey on the Ninth Air date: Jan 25, 2019 As Michael works to expose a long-buried crime, Kate learns the shocking truth about her own history, truth that may destroy her relationship with Michael forever. More 8 The Forgiving Earth Air date: Jan 25, 2019 While Michael works to expose an intricate political and financial conspiracy in London, Kate travels alone to Africa seeking the final truths about her personal history. More Critic Reviews for Black Earth Rising Miniseries All Critics (34) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (7) Blick does a masterful job of unwinding a complex plot that touches on the arrogance of European nations imposing their justice on Africans and the brutal nature of political arrangements. Apr 9, 2019 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic Black Earth Rising is actually about seeking the light. As Kate learns the buried truth about the past...she begins to escape its clutches, transforming herself from an innocent victimized by history into a wised-up woman who's trying to make it. Jan 30, 2019 | Full Review… John Powers NPR Top Critic Michaela Coel and John Goodman are riveting in this tale of a woman searching for answers about how she survived the Rwandan genocide. Jan 28, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Steve Greene indieWire Top Critic What's most striking about Black Earth Rising -- outside of the constant touching, the terrific performances, and the thoughtful filmmaking, anyway -- is that it's essentially a legal thriller mixed with a painful search for personal history. Jan 25, 2019 | Full Review… Allison Shoemaker RogerEbert.com Top Critic While he rarely offers definitive answers to the philosophical questions he raises, Blick's narratives leave few loose ends. Here, states of the mind and heart are as important as states of the nation. Sep 12, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Gabriel Tate Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic Michaela Coel is mesmerizing, it's impossible to not be riveted to her striking and expressive face. She is alternately anxious, confident, confrontational, afraid, physically intimidating, subdued, confused, sad, enraged, and bereft at turns. Apr 9, 2019 | Full Review… Genevieve Burgess Pajiba Complex, excellent British series about Rwanda is violent. Feb 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media As good as the actors are here, they deserved a less melodramatic and cliche script than they got. Luckily, star Michaela Cole has a nice chemistry with John Goodman and the pair save this from being just another offering on Netflix. Jan 30, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review… Alex Maidy JoBlo's Movie Emporium Good storytelling captures the wider world, and this series not only delivers suspense, but much to actually think about afterwards. Jan 29, 2019 | Full Review… Alci Rengifo Entertainment Voice Coel has great presence and commands every shot she's in, but her protagonist's depression feels cartoonish and tacked on as a character trait. Apr 9, 2019 | Full Review… Christopher Hooton Independent (UK) Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (34) Audience Reviews for Black Earth Rising: Miniseries View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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