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Based on The New York Times-bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson, “Black Cake” is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery with a diverse cast of characters and a global setting, from Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, and Aaron Kaplans’ Kapital Entertainment. The story takes place in Jamaica, Rome, Scotland, England and Southern California. Cerar wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner on the series, which spans decades. In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder. Fifty years later in California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett, loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children, Byron and Benny, a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America. These stories, narrated by Eleanor, shock her children and challenge everything they thought they knew about their family’s origin.
Original Release
11/01/2023 on Hulu
US Release
11/01/2023
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Glynn Turman | Charles Mitch |
Daniel Bonjour | Marc |
Lashay Anderson | Bunny Pringle |
Chipo Chung | Eleanor Bennett |
Tom McKay | Bossman |
Rupert Evans | James Everett |
Simon Wan | Lin |
Trish Williams | LA Mall Goer |
Adrienne Warren | Benny Bennett |
Cara Horgan | Mildred |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Covey | Wednesday, 01 November 2023 |
2 | Coventina | Wednesday, 01 November 2023 |
3 | Eleanor | Wednesday, 01 November 2023 |
4 | Mrs. Bennett | Wednesday, 08 November 2023 |
5 | Mother | Wednesday, 15 November 2023 |
6 | Ma | Wednesday, 22 November 2023 |
7 | Birth Mother | Wednesday, 29 November 2023 |
8 | Nine Night | Wednesday, 06 December 2023 |
Directors
Natalia Leite, Tara Nicole Weyr, Zetna Fuentes, Mario Van Peebles
Writers
Charmaine Wilkerson, Yasmin Almanaseer, Marissa Jo Cerar, Hayley Tyler, Ihuoma Ofordire, Heather Jeng Bladt, Kara Smith
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Glynn Turman | Charles Mitch |
Daniel Bonjour | Marc |
Lashay Anderson | Bunny Pringle |
Chipo Chung | Eleanor Bennett |
Tom McKay | Bossman |
Rupert Evans | James Everett |
Simon Wan | Lin |
Trish Williams | LA Mall Goer |
Adrienne Warren | Benny Bennett |
Cara Horgan | Mildred |
Rebecca Calder | Mrs. Quintrell |
Ahmed Elhaj | Gibbs Grant |
Faith Alabi | Pearl Thomas |
Anthony Mark Barrow | Clarence 'Little Man' Henry |
Sonita Henry | Mabel Martin |
Jade Eshete | Mathilda |
Mia Isaac | Coventina 'Covey' Brown / Covey |
Elliot Cowan | Steve |
Joey Akubeze | Clarence's Brother |
Ashley Thomas | Byron Bennett / Byron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Oprah Winfrey | Executive Producer |
Natalia Leite | Executive Producer |
Hayley Tyler | Executive Producer |
Marissa Jo Cerar | Executive Producer |
Michael Lohmann | Executive Producer |
Brian Morewitz | Executive Producer |
Aleksander Krutainis | Producer |
Jessi Clark | Producer |
Kara Smith | Producer |
Ken Ramos | Producer |
Nick Goding | Producer |
Marshall Boone | Producer |
Marta Evry | Producer |
Stacy A. Littlejohn | Producer |
Matthew Conner | Producer |
Stefano Biraghi | Producer |
Ihuoma Ofordire | Producer |
Heather Jeng Bladt | Producer |
Travis Gates | Producer |