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Adapted from the celebrated novel Kindred, by Hugo Award-winner Octavia E. Butler, the FX series centers on “Dana James” (Mallori Johnson), a young Black woman and aspiring writer who has uprooted her life of familial obligation and relocated to Los Angeles, ready to claim a future that, for once, feels all her own. But, before she can settle into her new home, she finds herself being violently pulled back and forth in time. She emerges at a nineteenth-century plantation, a place remarkably and intimately linked with Dana and her family. An interracial romance threads through Dana’s past and present, and the clock is ticking as she struggles to confront secrets she never knew ran through her blood, in this genre-breaking exploration of the ties that bind.
Kindred stars Mallori Johnson as “Dana James,” Micah Stock as “Kevin Franklin,” Ryan Kwanten as “Thomas Weylin,” Gayle Rankin as “Margaret Weylin,” Austin Smith as “Luke,” David Alexander Kaplan as “Rufus Weylin,” Sophina Brown as “Sarah” and Sheria Irving as “Olivia.”
Kindred, Octavia E. Butler’s celebrated and critically acclaimed novel, has been adapted for television by writer and showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins who executive produces the series with Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel of Protozoa Pictures, Courtney Lee-Mitchell and Jules Jackson. Janicza Bravo directed and served as an executive producer on the pilot. The eight-episode season is produced by FX Productions.
Original Release
12/13/2022 on FX
US Release
12/13/2022
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Micah Stock | Kevin Franklin |
Ryan Kwanten | Thomas Weylin |
Gayle Rankin | Margaret Weylin |
Austin Smith | Luke |
David Alexander Kaplan | Rufus Weylin |
Abigail Shannon | Alice |
Lindsey Blackwell | Carrie |
Christopher Farrar | Nigel |
Eisa Davis | Denise |
Brooke Bloom | Hermione |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Dana | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
2 | Sabina | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
3 | Furniture | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
4 | The Waiter from Two Nights Ago | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
5 | Winnie | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
6 | Celeste | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
7 | Jane | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
8 | Alice | Tuesday, 13 December 2022 |
Directors
Destiny Ekaragha, Ayoka Chenzira, Amanda Marsalis, Janicza Bravo
Writers
Noah Rubenstein, Zenzele Price, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Octavia Butler, Joy Kecken, Bobak Esfarjani, Matthew Shire
Cast
Name | Character |
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Micah Stock | Kevin Franklin |
Ryan Kwanten | Thomas Weylin |
Gayle Rankin | Margaret Weylin |
Austin Smith | Luke |
David Alexander Kaplan | Rufus Weylin |
Abigail Shannon | Alice |
Lindsey Blackwell | Carrie |
Christopher Farrar | Nigel |
Eisa Davis | Denise |
Brooke Bloom | Hermione |
Louis Cancelmi | Carlo |
Amethyst Davis | Winnie |
Charles Parnell | Alan |
Karson Kern | Jake Edwards |
Camille Robinson Rogers | Celeste |
Elizabeth Stanley | Penny |
Drew Matthews | Charles Broadus |
Cherrie McRae | Sabina |
Britt Douyon | Verity |
Matty Ferraro | Officer #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Julian Jackson | Executive Producer |
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Executive Producer |
Joel Fields | Executive Producer |
Matthew Shire | Executive Producer |
Caroline Moore | Executive Producer |
Joseph Weisberg | Executive Producer |
Darren Aronofsky | Executive Producer |
Ernestine Walker | Executive Producer |
Amanda Marsalis | Executive Producer |
Janicza Bravo | Executive Producer |
Courtney Lee-Mitchell | Executive Producer |
Ari Handel | Executive Producer |
Kathy Landsberg | Producer |
Alexander Motlagh | Producer |
Alonzo Nevarez | Producer |