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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, from Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
The story takes place in Jamaica, Italy, 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. 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.
S1 Episode 108 ‘Nine Night’
After Eleanor’s funeral, Byron and Benny finally learn the truth about the murder on the night of their mother’s wedding.
S1 Episode 107 ‘Birth Mother’
In 1970’s London, Covey is faced with a life-altering decision that will affect her children in present day.
S1 Episode 106 ‘Ma’
Benny and Byron are shocked when a stranger shows up, unannounced, to listen to Eleanor’s final recording.
S1 Episode 105 ‘Mother’
Byron and Benny must each face demons from their past—and their mother’s.
S1 Episode 104 ‘Mrs. Bennett’
Covey gets a chance to start a new life, but only if she makes a huge sacrifice. In present day, Byron is forced to recognize the inequalities he faces at work, and Benny reveals the reason she’s been estranged from her family for eight years.
S1 Episode 103 ‘Eleanor’
Covey finds herself alone in a new city determined to start a new life – with a stolen identity.
S1 Episode 102 ‘Coventina’
Byron and Benny struggle to process the revelations learned in Eleanor’s first recording. Will their mother’s confessions help them reconnect or leave them feeling more lost than ever?
S1 Episode 101 ‘Covey’
In the late 1960’s, a runaway bride named Covey disappears into the surf off the coast of Jamaica. In present day, Eleanor Bennett, loses her battle with cancer, leaving her two estranged children a flash-drive that holds untold stories of her past.
Contacts
- Lauren Thorpe • Lauren.Thorpe@disney.com
- Yasamin Azarakhsh • Yasamin.Azarakhsh@disney.com
- Emily Leitz • Emily.Leitz@disney.com