The death of a parent is an incredibly difficult situation for anyone. However, things can get a lot more complicated and emotional if you then find some new truths about your parent’s life, revealed after their death. That’s the premise of the new series, “Black Cake.”
As seen in the trailer, “Black Cake” is a new Hulu series about the shocking revelation that a woman has been hiding the events of her childhood from her children. The truth is only revealed after her death, which leads her kids to have even more questions about what went on and why it’s relevant now.
The series stars Mia Isaac, Adrienne Warren, Chipo Chung, Ashley Thomas, Lashay Anderson, Faith Alabi, Glynn Turman, Ahmed Eljah, Simon Wan, and Sonita Henry. Marissa Jo Cerar serves as the showrunner.
“Black Cake” debuts on Hulu on November 1. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Based on The New York Times-bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson, “Black Cake” is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery with a diverse cast of characters and a global setting. The story takes place in Jamaica, Italy, Scotland, England and Southern California. 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. In present day 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.