Hulu’s ‘Kindred’ Series Premieres All Eight Episode

Hulu’s New Sci-Fi Series ‘Kindred’ Takes You On A Time Traveling Experience Through American History

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Liz also got the perspective of Gayle Rankin and Ryan Kwanten, who play Margaret and Thomas Weylin, the owners of the plantation Dana believes her relatives came from.

I think it’s pretty immature for people to write off this series and assume it’s like others we’ve seen before that involve slaves. Black science fiction is important, and I know you all know better than most the power author, Octavia Butler has in her writings. As an actor is this what allyship looks like – telling the uncomfortable stories?

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I would hope so but you can’t always control how people feel. I trust Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, our incredible show runner and Octavia Butler so much that I wanted to delve into this territory to help expose and tell a story. I really hope it’s experienced as allyship. – Gayle Rankin

Watch Liz’s interview with Austin Smith, Sophina Brown and Sheria Irving when you continue.

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