VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for BBC and Netflix's BLACK EARTH RISING Starring John Goodman and Michaela Coel

John Goodman and MICHAELA Coel to star in BAFTA-winner Hugo Blick's thriller Black Earth Rising for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, while Netflix holds global rights, according to Deadline.

Black Earth Rising is a new international thriller about the prosecution of international war crimes and the West's relationship with contemporary AFRICA written, directed and produced by BAFTA-winner Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, The Shadow Line).

The Blick-created series also stars Noma Dumezweni, Harriet Walter, Tamara Tunie, Lucian Msamati, and Abena Ayivor .

The story, which is set across the UK, Europe, AFRICA and the U.S., centers on Kate Ashby, played by Coel, who was rescued as a young child during the Rwandan genocide and adopted by Eve Ashby (Walter), a world-class British prosecutor in international criminal law. Kate was raised in Britain and, now in her late 20s, she works as a legal investigator in the law chambers of Michael Ennis (Goodman). When Eve takes on a case at the International Criminal Court, prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever.

The eight-part drama is described as a labyrinthine thriller about the prosecution of international war crimes and the personal, legal and political turmoil it ignites as well as the West's relationship with contemporary Africa.

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