Black Earth Rising Trailer: John Goodman, Michaela Coel Go to Netflix

After jumping onto Netflix viewers’ radar with two very different projects, Michaela Coel is about to add a third. The creative force behind “Chewing Gum” and cast member in “Black Mirror: USS Callister” plays the main character at the heart of the new international drama series “Black Earth Rising,” premiering later this month.

The show, which aired for UK audiences last fall, follows the efforts of Kate Ashby, a Rwandan-born legal investigator to find the truth behind how and why she survived a genocide. That pursuit eventually brings in the help of Michael Ennis (John Goodman), an American lawyer living overseas after his divorce. With his help, Kate looks to figure out the validity of the statement in the trailer below, that “Some things are best left forgotten.”

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Through their efforts, “Black Earth Rising” touches on issues of self-harm, family identity, trauma’s relationship to memory, the lingering effects of colonialism, and the extent to which perpetrators of war crimes are brought to justice. The eight-part season co-stars Harriet Walter, Tamara Tunie, and Noma Dumezweni. The series is written and directed by Hugo Blick, who served in both those same roles on “The Honourable Woman,” which aired on BBC Two and SundanceTV back in 2014.