As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. She was adopted and brought up in Britain by Eve Ashby, a world-class international lawyer. Kate has long struggled to escape the shadow of her past, but is now returning to work as a legal investigator in the same chambers as Eve, under leading international lawyer Michael Ennis. Kate and Eve's relationship is strained to breaking point when a controversial militia leader, who had once fought to stop the genocide, is captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eve takes on his prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

Black Earth Rising Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - In Other News
• s01e02 - Looking at the Past
• s01e03 - A Ghost in Name
• s01e04 - A Bowl of Cornflakes
• s01e05 - The Eyes of the Devil
• s01e06 - The Game's True Nature
• s01e07 - Double Bogey on the Ninth
• s01e08 - The Forgiving Earth

Black Earth Rising Show Summary

The story centers on Kate Ashby, who works as a legal investigator in the law chambers of Michael Ennis. When Kate's adoptive mother Eve takes on a case prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever.