Kindred - Season 1 Apr 2026

: A modern woman forced to navigate the horrors of slavery while trying to maintain her sense of self and agency.

: Showrunner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins shifted the "present-day" setting from the 1970s (the novel's era) to 2016 to better reflect contemporary race and gender dynamics. Kindred - Season 1

: The show explores the moral complexity of surviving an inhumane system and the psychological toll of being connected to both the oppressed and the oppressors. : A modern woman forced to navigate the

Screenwriter, Musical Theater Lyricist and Playwright kinda! Screenwriter, Musical Theater Lyricist and Playwright kinda

So glad to be able to come back after writing the lyrics for Season 1's Get Out songs (Sunken Place and My White Liberal Parents). Sukari Jones Kindred by Octavia E. Butler - Goodreads

: Dana’s love interest (played by Micah Stock) who is inadvertently pulled into the past with her. His experience as a white man in the antebellum South provides a sharp contrast to Dana’s struggle.

An adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's seminal novel, the first season of Kindred (2022) is an eight-episode Hulu series that updates the classic sci-fi/fantasy story for a modern audience. Plot Overview