Parental loss and family secrets are the topics du jour in Hulu‘s Black Cake, based on Charmaine Wilkerson’s New York Times-bestselling debut novel of the same name. Set to premiere on the streamer on November 1, the trailer for the series adaptation teases dramatic outcomes as “a lifetime of secrets” unravels.
“She Would Do Anything To Escape Her Past”
Black Cake — which hails from executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Marissa Jo Cerar — consists of two stories in the past and present. A series described as “a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery,” the upcoming series follows a runaway bride named Covey (Mia Isaac) from the 1960s who vanished mysteriously.
A few decades later, Eleanor Bennett (Chipo Chung) — who will serve as the show’s narrator — dies and leaves her two estranged children, Benny (Adrienne Warren) and Byron (Ashley Thomas), with only a flash drive that carries her untold journey as well as their family’s hidden secrets.
Watch the trailer below:
The synopsis for Black Cake reads: “The story takes place in Jamaica, Rome, Scotland, England and Southern California. Cerar wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner on the series, which spans decades. In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica and is feared drowned or a fugitive on the run for her husband’s murder. Fifty years later in California, a widow named Eleanor Bennett, loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children, Byron and Benny, a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America. These stories, narrated by Eleanor, shock her children and challenge everything they thought they knew about their family’s origin.”
Black Cake also stars Faith Alabi, Lashay Anderson, Glynn Turman, Simon Wan, Sonita Henry, and Ahmed Eljah. Black Cake will arrive on Hulu on November 1.
