Sterling K. Brown Takes You Inside Washington Black

FanReviews

Sterling K. Brown leads a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at Washington Black, joined by Ernest Kingsley Jr., Iola Evans, Eddie Karanja and more. The cast reflects on mentorship, resilience, globe-spanning journeys, cultural identity and the emotional core of Esi Edugyan’s adaptation. All eight episodes premiere July 23, 2025, on Hulu.

Transcript

00:01Washington Black is about a boy traveling the globe in his search for freedom.

00:07This job has been so insane in terms of like the places we've got to go to, the people we've got to be with.

00:15It felt like traveling the world in 106 days.

00:20Canada, Mexico, the Solomon Islands, Barbados was just extraordinary.

00:26The island of Barbados is a place of physical beauty.

00:30I remember my first day on that set, I sat down in a hut and I just cried.

00:36You know, I'm from that part of the world and you felt the ancestors, you know?

00:43Just seeing the vastness of the diaspora is so incredible.

00:47It's an adventure on screen and it's been very much an adventure off screen.

00:51I think the biggest jump was going from Canada to Mexico. That was crazy.

00:55The humidity, the mosquitoes.

00:59Some of the hottest days I think this planet has ever seen.

01:02I was like, I don't know if there's any way Disney is going to send me around the world,

01:06but I'm going to write this thing like that's what we plan to do.

01:10I think he would have loved to have shot in the Arctic,

01:12but then I think after he shot in the ice, he's like, you know, ice was cool.

01:15Find a site, isn't it?

01:17I was like, there's going to be a young black boy surrounded by ice and snow.

01:23That's a visual I've never seen.

01:25We were doing something unprecedented.

01:27It's big. It's exciting. It's epic.

01:35And it's something that you can't forget.

01:41It is time to fly.

01:45If you love drama, romance, action, and adventure...

01:51You will get it in Washington Black.

Category

Transcript

Recommended

Sterling K. Brown Takes You Inside Washington Black

Category

Transcript

Recommended

Sterling K. Brown Takes You Inside Washington Black