Atticus Freeman meets up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.Atticus Freeman meets up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.Atticus Freeman meets up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Hippolyta Freeman
- (as Aunjanue Ellis)
Michael Kenneth Williams
- Montrose Freeman
- (as Michael K. Williams)
- (credit only)
Jeffrey Johnson
- Mister Lads
- (as Jeffrey S.S. Johnson)
Charles Ambrose
- Deputy Jimmy
- (as Jason Ambrose)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe speech played during the montage of Tick, Leti, and Uncle George driving toward Massachusetts is an excerpt of Black intellectual James Baldwin's famous debate with white conservative intellectual William F. Buckley at Cambridge University's student debating society, the Cambridge Union Society. Aired live on the BBC 12 June 1965, the motion put forward for debate regarded whether the American Dream had "Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro." Baldwin and Cambridge University student David Heycock argued in the affirmative (and ultimately prevailed by a vote of the students present, 540 to 160) against their opponents Buckley and student Jeremy Burford.
- GoofsThe book that Tic picks up and finds an old photo in is The Count of Monte Cristo with a slip cover on it. When he looks at the same book later, on the bed, it is a different copy, without a slip cover and has a more classic binding.
- Quotes
Atticus Freeman: Stories are like people.
Atticus Freeman: Loving them doesn't make them perfect. You just try to cherish them, overlook their flaws.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021)
- SoundtracksSh-Boom
Written by James Edwards, Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes, Floyd McRae
Performed by The Crew Cuts
Featured review
Well, THAT escalated quickly!
I had my doubts about this show. The trailers and promos had it looking like it was trying to weld together some kind of stylish True Blood horror story, Green Book, and the Supernatural TV show all into one. I figured it would be art designer heaven with a scrambled narrative. Boy was I wrong.
The first episode does a great job of establishing all of the characters. And I felt the suspense. There was the apprehension of being an African American driving through the Jim Crow south and making sure you have everything you need - including a mattress and parts to fix a car - because you just can't show up in the white part of town needing help. And then the horror shows up. Great shades of Bruce Campbell that was scary. Is Courtney Vance going to be the Van Helsing of this little group? I don't know, but I do know I'll be watching next week.
And I feel so ancient seeing the excellent Courtney Vance of "Hunt for Red October" and "The Tuskegee Airmen" as an older man.
The first episode does a great job of establishing all of the characters. And I felt the suspense. There was the apprehension of being an African American driving through the Jim Crow south and making sure you have everything you need - including a mattress and parts to fix a car - because you just can't show up in the white part of town needing help. And then the horror shows up. Great shades of Bruce Campbell that was scary. Is Courtney Vance going to be the Van Helsing of this little group? I don't know, but I do know I'll be watching next week.
And I feel so ancient seeing the excellent Courtney Vance of "Hunt for Red October" and "The Tuskegee Airmen" as an older man.
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- AlsExGal
- Aug 16, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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