She would do anything to escape her past.
Original title
Black Cake
Released
11/1/2023
Origin country
US
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Harpo Films, Kapital Entertainment, Two Drifters
Status
Cancelled
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
8
Eleanor Bennett loses her battle with cancer, leaving her children a flash drive that holds untold stories of her journey from the Caribbean to America; the stories shock her children and challenge everything they know about their family's origin.
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.
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?
Covey finds herself alone in a new city determined to start a new life – with a stolen identity.
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.
Byron and Benny must each face demons from their past—and their mother’s.
Benny and Byron are shocked when a stranger shows up, unannounced, to listen to Eleanor's final recording.
In 1970’s London, Covey is faced with a life-altering decision that will affect her children in present day.
After Eleanor's funeral, Byron and Benny finally learn the truth about the murder on the night of their mother's wedding.
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