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Kim Johnson MP

Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside

The Underground Railroad: An epic vision of Black American history

03 Jun Books & culture

The Underground Railroad: An epic vision of Black American history

When I embarked on watching this 10-part adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s, 2016 Pulitzer prize winning novel on slavery, The Underground Railroad, I had high expectations – but also dread and anxiety as to how the subject would be tackled by the renowned director, Barry Jenkins.