Disney+ has released a poster, trailer and promotional images for Black Cake, the upcoming drama series based on Charmaine Wilkerson’s best-selling novel of the same name.
The series follows Byron and Benny, siblings who discover a flash drive that holds previously untold stories of of their estranged mother’s journey from the Caribbean to America.
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.
The series stars Mia Isaac, Adrienne Warren, Chipo Chung, Ashley Thomas, Lashay Anderson, Faith Alabi and Glynn Turman, as well as recurring guest stars Ahmed Eljah, Simon Wan, and Sonita Henry.
Black Cake premieres on Disney+ on January 31st.
