The Underground Railroad: 06 - Tennessee Proverbs
If the fifth chapter of The Underground Railroad could be seen as building up to a tipping point, both thematic and narrative, this episode heralds some form of a resolution.
The Underground Railroad: 05 - Tennessee Exodus
This is where the progression of the main narrative and its thematic sphere running beneath the epidermis of the film intertwine most readily.
The Underground Railroad: 04 - The Great Spirit
Following three chapters successfully building up stakes and tension in addition to amassing thematic gravity, this fourth instalment in The Underground Railroad departs from the central narrative, leaving Cora’s fate in suspended animation.
The Underground Railroad: 03 - North Carolina
This is a pivotal episode of the series that deliberately drags the narrative further into the realm of elevated reality-adjacent dystopia emboldened by abundance of visual symbolism.
The Underground Railroad: 02 - South Carolina
Barry Jenkins’ camera takes the necessary time to bring attention to truly shameful facets of American history and adds important colours to the growing narrative.
The Underground Railroad: 01 - Georgia
Jenkins is able to bypass the viewers’ minds and probe his way into their souls and stir them with searing imagery of torture, rape, wholesale abuse and vehement dehumanisation.
CANNES 2020: Sweat
Sweat is a rather effective depiction of how toxic the social media environment can be and the number of negative consequences it may entail