Black Earth Rising

Overview

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

Episodes

In Other News

S01E01 In Other News

September 10, 2018 8.0 60 min
As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. She was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to...
Looking at the Past

S01E02 Looking at the Past

September 17, 2018 8.0 60 min
Eve's case prosecuting Simon Nyamoya begins at the International Criminal Court, but a shocking incident changes everything. To try and uncover the truth behind these events, Michael Ennis launches a new case and turns to...
A Ghost in Name

S01E03 A Ghost in Name

September 24, 2018 8.0 60 min
Still struggling with grief, Kate works with Michael to defend Alice Munezero from the charges laid against her in France. As shadowy forces try to prevent the truth being unearthed, Kate faces threats to her...
A Bowl of Cornflakes

S01E04 A Bowl of Cornflakes

October 1, 2018 7.0 60 min
Kate and Michael finish their work on Alice's case in France but are shocked when an indicted Rwandan and Congolese war criminal, Patrice Ganimana, implicated in the Genocide, arrives in the UK. Excited by the...
The Eyes of the Devil

S01E05 The Eyes of the Devil

October 8, 2018 8.0 60 min
Blake Gaines, who has been handling Ganimana's defence, seems in danger of falling foul of those paying his legal fees. Alice Munezero tells Michael, for the first time, of her connection to the Rwandan president...
The Game's True Nature

S01E06 The Game's True Nature

October 15, 2018 8.0 60 min
Patrice Ganimana's warnings about Kate's safety are borne out when Kate and Alice are both attacked. But Kate, nevertheless, continues her search for the case file her mother had prepared against Ganimana years before. But...
Double Bogey on the Ninth

S01E07 Double Bogey on the Ninth

October 22, 2018 8.0 60 min
Kate and Florence return to the UK to continue the search for Eve Ashby's case file against Patrice Ganimana. But someone is ahead of them, stopping at nothing to kill and terrorise their way to...
The Forgiving Earth

S01E08 The Forgiving Earth

October 29, 2018 8.0 60 min
In Rwanda, Alice Munezero languishes in custody. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kate fights against hostile locals as well as international forces to prove the truth of her personal history. Meanwhile in London, Michael...

Cast

Michaela Coel
Michaela Coel
Kate Ashby
John Goodman
John Goodman
Michael Ennis
Noma Dumezweni
Noma Dumezweni
Alice Munezero
Lucian Msamati
Lucian Msamati
David Runihura
Tyrone Huggins
Tyrone Huggins
Patrice Ganimana
Tamara Tunie
Tamara Tunie
Eunice Clayton
Emmanuel Imani
Emmanuel Imani
Florence Karamera
Abena Ayivor
Abena Ayivor
President Bibi Mundanzi

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