An adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's seminal novel, the first season of Kindred (2022) is an eight-episode Hulu series that updates the classic sci-fi/fantasy story for a modern audience. Plot Overview
: The show explores the moral complexity of surviving an inhumane system and the psychological toll of being connected to both the oppressed and the oppressors. Kindred - Season 1
The series follows (Mallori Johnson), an aspiring television writer who has recently moved to Los Angeles. Her life is upended when she begins to be violently pulled through time to a 19th-century Maryland plantation. She soon discovers her survival is linked to Rufus Weylin , the young son of the plantation owner and a direct ancestor she must protect to ensure her own existence. Key Characters & Themes An adaptation of Octavia E
So glad to be able to come back after writing the lyrics for Season 1's Get Out songs (Sunken Place and My White Liberal Parents). Sukari Jones Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - Goodreads The series follows (Mallori Johnson), an aspiring television
: Showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins shifted the "present-day" setting from the 1970s (the novel's era) to 2016 to better reflect contemporary race and gender dynamics.
: Dana’s love interest (played by Micah Stock) who is inadvertently pulled into the past with her. His experience as a white man in the antebellum South provides a sharp contrast to Dana’s struggle.