Lovecraft Country Sundown (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-MA
TV Episode | 69 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Lovecraft Country

Sundown (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 69 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Atticus Freeman meets up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.

Showrunner

Misha Green

Director

Yann Demange

Writers

Misha Green (teleplay by) (developed by) | Matt Ruff (based upon the novel by) (executive consultant) | Shannon Houston (executive story editor) | Wes Taylor (executive story editor) | Kevin Lau (story editor)

Producers

Misha Green | Dana Robin | Christina Varotsis

Composers

Laura Karpman | Raphael Saadiq

Cinematographers

Robert McLachlan | Tat Radcliffe

Editors

Marta Evry | Chris Wyatt

Casting Directors

Kim Coleman (as Kim Taylor-Coleman) | Meagan Lewis

Production Designer

Howard Cummings

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 16, 2020

Release date

Aug 16, 2020 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 29 wins & 109 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
54 cast members

Name	Known for
Jurnee Smollett Letitia 'Leti' Lewis Letitia 'Leti' Lewis See fewer	The Burial (II) (2023)
Jonathan Majors Atticus Freeman Atticus Freeman See fewer	The Harder They Fall (2021)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Hippolyta Freeman (as Aunjanue Ellis) Hippolyta Freeman (as Aunjanue Ellis) See fewer	King Richard (2021)
Courtney B. Vance George Freeman George Freeman See fewer	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Wunmi Mosaku Ruby Baptiste Ruby Baptiste See fewer	His House (2020)
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Jamie Chung Ji-Ah Ji-Ah See fewer	Big Hero 6 (2014)
Jada Harris Diana Freeman Diana Freeman See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
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Demetrius Grosse Marvin Baptiste Marvin Baptiste See fewer	Rampage (2018)
Jordan Patrick Smith William William See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
Deron J. Powell Tree Tree See fewer	Widows (2018)
Jon Hudson Odom Sammy Sammy See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
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Cordaro Kendricks 19 Cent Father (as Corr Kendricks) 19 Cent Father (as Corr Kendricks) See fewer	Lovecraft Country (2020)
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