Showing 1 - 5 of 5 articles tagged "The Porter"

• Posted Wednesday 4/06/22 at 7:16PM EDT

  Watch BET+'s The Porter trailer

  The 1920s-set Canadian civil rights drama follows the railway workers from both Canada and the United States join together to...

• Posted Tuesday 4/05/22 at 1:49PM EDT

  BET+ Canadian civil rights drama The Porter gets a May 5 premiere date

  The eight-part series, part of a revolution in Canadian TV toward greater Black representation on the CBC, revolves around the...

• Posted Monday 7/19/21 at 12:50PM EDT

  Alfre Woodard joins CBC/BET+ period railway worker series The Porter

  The Emmy-winning actress will star in and serve as executive producer on the period drama about a group of 1920s...

• Posted Thursday 6/17/21 at 1:16PM EDT

  BET+-CBC civil rights drama The Porter adds American Idol alum Loren Lott

  Lott and Canadian actress Oluniké Adeliyi will be part of the ensemble cast for the Canadian series about among Black...

• Posted Thursday 12/10/20 at 2:34PM EST

  BET+ and CBC are producing a TV series on the world's first Black union

  Based on real events, The Porter is inspired by a group of railway workers who form the first Black union...