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Mallori Johnson
Newsweek US
|December 23, 2022
AS A SOCIETY, THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY CAN STILL BE FELT AND ONE OF the ways we process these vitally important stories from history is through projects like FX's Kindred (December 13).
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Octavia E. Butler, the new limited series stars Mallori Johnson in a breakout role as Dana, a young writer pulled from the present day to a 19th-century plantation. "To me, the only way that you can go forward, is to go back." Though difficult, it's the "only way that we're able to reconcile with ourselves and our place on this land....have those conversations and look at what brought us here, what brought us to this point." To Johnson, the "show poses something that's really beautiful, which is that we all have this kindred connection in a way." Told "from an historical perspective" that offers a "fresh look at
This story is from the December 23, 2022 edition of Newsweek US.
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