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'The Underground Railroad' attempts to upend viewers' notions of what it meant to be enslaved

  • Written by William Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury
'The Underground Railroad' attempts to upend viewers' notions of what it meant to be enslavedMaking the series changed Barry Jenkins' views on how his ancestors should be described and depicted.Atsushi Nishijima/Amazon Studios

Speaking on NPR’s Fresh Air, Barry Jenkins, the director of “The Underground Railroad,” noted that “before making this show … I would have said I’m the descendant of enslaved...

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