‘61st Street’: 5 things you need to know about the AMC drama
‘61st Street’: 5 things you need to know about the AMC drama
An American legal drama about the corrupt Chicago criminal justice system’s targeting of a Black high school athlete as the main suspect in the death of a cop
Executive producer Michael B. Jordan and creator Peter Moffat explore the Chicago criminal justice system in an eight-episode drama featuring Courtney B. Vance and Aunjanue Ellis. Moffat is well-known to UK audiences through modern law and order sagas like North Square, Criminal Justice, and Silk. The show follows Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole), a promising high school athlete, who is swept up in the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system.
“Although it’s a show about a deep problem, which is the police, I think and hope that it’s also a show that shows a community in all its breadth and depth,” Moffat said during the panel discussion during the screening of the show’s first episode at the Logan Center for the Arts. “It’s a show about community spirit, a show about Black excellence, a show about joy, and a show about fear and anxiety and confusion.” 61st Street is in the rare position of having a second season greenlit before the first even premieres as AMC gave 61st Street a two-season order. That gives the show’s actors some room to spread out and really delve into their characters and stories.
Here’s what we know so far about the show.
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When does ‘61st Street’ Release?
The first episode of 61st Street will premiere on AMC and AMC+ at 10 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 10. New episodes of the series will premiere one week early on streaming services AMC+ and ALLBLK with episode 2 arriving on April 10.
What is ‘61st Street’ about?
This compelling drama series follows Moses Johnson (Cole), a promising, Black high school athlete, who is swept up in the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system. Taken by the police as a supposed gang member, he finds himself in the eye of the storm as police and prosecutors seek revenge for the death of an officer during a drug bust gone wrong. Timely and provocative, 61st Street is set against the systemic abuse happening in some of America's most vulnerable communities.
Who’s in the cast of ‘61st Street’?
The cast is led by Emmy award-winner Courtney B. Vance and includes Aunjanue Ellis, Mark O’Brien, Holt McCallany, Tosin Cole, Andrene Ward-Hammond, and Bentley Green.
Showrunners/Director
61st Street is created by BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, The Night Of). the Executive Producers include J. David Shanks (The Chi, Seven Seconds), Michael B. Jordan (Just Mercy, David Makes Man), Alana Mayo (Just Mercy, David Makes Man), Hilary Salmon (Mother Father Son, The Night Of)
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