First Day on Earth

Name: First Day on Earth
Genre: Drama
Cast: Michaela Coel, Ncuti Gatwa, Thandiwe Newton, Maxine Peake, Danny Sapani

English, on BBC One & HBO. Created by Michaela Coel.

British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa - her parents' homeland, where her estranged father lives - she can't resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage. But when she arrives neither the job nor her father turn out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity - one that might leave her stronger, but could also break her.

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Network: BBC One, HBO
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Type: Scripted

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First Day on Earth was created by Michaela Coel and stars Michaela Coel, Ncuti Gatwa, Thandiwe Newton.