Black Earth Rising Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1

Airdate: 2018-Sep-10

Episode summary:

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. She was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

About Black Earth Rising series:

Black Earth Rising is a new BBC Two international thriller about the prosecution of international war crimes and the West’s relationship with...Show more >