In the pre–Civil War South, Hiram Walker, born into slavery, who lost his mother as a child and over time loses all memory of her. As a young man, Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but he’s saved from the depths by a mysterious power he never realized he had and struggles to understand.
| Directing | Nia DaCosta | Director |
| Writing | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Novel |
| Writing | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Writer |
| Production | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Producer |
| Production | Oprah Winfrey | Producer |