The show, debuting December 13 on Hulu, is created by showrunner, executive producer, and writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. It’s also the opening scene for the new teaser for FX’s adaptation of Kindred, available to watch exclusively below. The scene is jarring and propulsive, setting the tone for Kindred, which sees Dana time-traveling back-and-forth between the present and the past. Dana, in spite of the dizzying time travel that brought her there, leaps into action, immediately trying to save his life. Dana, a young Black writer living in Los Angeles in 1976, is transported back in time to a riverbank in Maryland in the early 1800s, where a little white boy is drowning. But in the series, she is first called to help Rufus when he is a baby, whereas he first saves Rufus at about age 5 in the book.Octavia Butler’s seismic sci-fi novel Kindred opens with a dark summoning.
He's the son of Tom Weylin (Ryan Kwanten), a wealthy plantation owner, who is brutally harsh, not only to those enslaved on his property but to his family, too.Īs in the novel, Dana is brought back several times throughout Rufus’ life, with each stay growing longer.
When Dana first meets Rufusĭana realizes she is being pulled back to the past to help protect a young boy, Rufus Weylin. Other relatives mentioned in the book also have a more prominent role in the series: Dana’s Aunt Denise, a nurse, and Uncle Alan, a retired police officer, and Kevin’s sister Penny (who was named Carol in the book). More: All the TV show premiere dates you need to know: From '1923' to 'Emily in Paris' and more So while literary Dana is an orphan, Jacobs-Jenkins says he wanted to “flesh out" the character "by giving her familial relationships that are complicated and that might also get us closer to an answer about why this is happening to her and more fully complete this metaphor I think Octavia was working toward" about kinship.
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