Black Earth Rising

 is a British drama thriller TV series written and directed by Hugo Blick that was released on Netflix on January 25, 2019. This series is about the prosecution of international war criminals.

Summary
"Adopted by a human rights attorney after the Rwandan genocide, legal investigator Kate Ashby confronts her past when she takes on war crimes cases."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * John Goodman as Michael Ennis
 * Michaela Coel as Kate Ashby
 * Noma Dumezweni as Alice Munezero
 * Lucian Msamati as David Runihura
 * Tyrone Huggins as Patrice Ganimana
 * Tamara Tunie as Eunice Clayton
 * Nicholas Beveney as Nkanza a Nkanga
 * Treva Etienne as Frank Munezero
 * Malou Coindreau as Hana Ennis
 * Emmanuel Imani as Florence Karamera
 * Abena Ayivor as President Bibi Mundanzi
 * Adrian Schiller as Daniel Drewe
 * Paul Herzberg as Zava Zand
 * Michael Gould as Harper Hopkinson
 * Ronald Guttman as Jacques Antoine Barre
 * Julian Glover as Mark Viner
 * Timothy Walker as Richard Ratzenburger
 * Nancy Crane as Judge Deborah Hewitt
 * Serge Hazanavicius as Marc Previeau
 * Harriet Walter as Eve Ashby
 * Danny Sapani as General Simon Nyamoya
 * Pascal Laurent as Father Patenaude
 * Zaris-Angel Hator as Young Kate
 * Tom Pande as Ed Holt
 * James Lailey as Michael's Surgeon
 * Hugo Blick as Blake Gaines
 * Olivier Rabourdin as Brigadier General Lesage
 * Aure Atika as Sophie Barré
 * Nyasha Hatendi as Godwin Hall
 * Wale Ojo as Dr. Emmanuel Musoni
 * Richard Dixon as Fred Sturridge
 * Martin Bassindale as Peter
 * Françoise Lebrun as Madame Patenaude
 * Kathryn Hunter as Capi Petridis
 * Mimi Ndiweni as Mary Mundanzi
 * Philip Arditti as Colonel Colbert

Episodes

 * Season One
 * 1. In Other News
 * 2. Looking at the Past
 * 3. A Ghost in Name
 * 4. A Bowl of Cornflakes
 * 5. The Eyes of the Devil
 * 6. The Game's True Nature
 * 7. Double Bogey on the Ninth
 * 8. The Forgiving Earth

Awards
This series has received three nominations.