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Black Cake

Decades after Bride Covey disappears in the ocean under mysterious circumstances, a flash drive will change Eleanor Bennett's life forever.

Director

N/A

Year

Genre

drama, history, mystery

Production

Harpo Films,Kapital Entertainment,Two Drifters

Awards

3 wins & 9 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.hulu.com/series/black-cake-404d4be6-1658-44eb-905c-0a29ecf592ca

Benny Bennett

Adrienne Warren

Eleanor Bennett

Byron Bennett

Charles Mitch

Coventina 'Covey' Brown

Bunny Pringle

Lashay Anderson

Gibbs Grant

Pearl Thomas

Mabel Martin

Clarence 'Little Man' Henry

Anthony Mark Barrow

Lin

Steve

Mathilda

Clarence's Brother

Percival Henry

Little Man's Mother

Jo-Anne Williams

Lynette

Rebecca Naomi Jones

Marc

Leonard Pringle

Jahmone Duhaney

Police Officer #1

Female Protester

Urielle Klein-Mekongo

Male Protester

Pastor Femi Dennis

Bert Bennett

Jeremiah Birkett

Edwina Barrett

Gio Martin

Eleanor 'Elly' Douglas

Nurse Ethel

Maureen Beattie

Dr. Lee

Rita Estevanovich

Policeman

James Everett

Wanda Martin

Irene Whitaker

Joanie

Cherrelle Skeete

Sister Madeline

Bossman

Detective Vilison

Mario Van Peebles

Helena

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

Ronald Martin

Beatrice Rossimoore

Grace Sinnema

Sister Janette

Stephanie Jacob

JP

Talk Show Host

Sheila

Madeleine Bowyer

Teen Byron

Mildred

Officer Cranston

Professional Activist

Stage Manager

Abraham Chowdhury

Doctor

Mrs. Quintrell

Young Art Enthusiast #1

Ntiarna Xavier Knight

Nursery Nun

Moderator

Etta Pringle

Journalist

Young Wanda Martin

Landlady

Margaret Fraser

Young Art Enthusiast #2

Officer Quincy

Young Ronald Martin

Office Manager

Art Enthusiast

Rick Kiesewetter

College Student

Andira Crichlow

Restaurant Manager

Dinner Party Guest #1

Funeral Director

Dinner Party Guest #2

Young Covey (6 YO)

Suki Raine Hoslin

Patsy

Maxine Cunliffe

Young Black Man in Cuffs

Joel Francis-Williams

Chinese Boarder #1

Dinner Party Guest #3

Helen Chalmers

Emcee

Chinese Boarder #2

Burly Man #1

Dinner Party Guest #4

Delroy Furgusson

Anthony J. Abraham

Burly Man #2

Gen

Younger Dinner Party Guest

Jimmy Patterson

Unwed Mother #2

Burly Man #3

Young Lin

Ma Ma Lyncook

Unwed Mother #5

Ba Ba Lyncook

Dale Barrowman

Meinhard St. John

Jing Hé

Hélène Patarot

Lorna Murray

Jamaican Wife

Pepper Quintrell

Izaiah Calder Tintner

Theo Quintrell

Lawrence Oswald

Swimmer

Shernet Swearine

Funeral Service Attendee

Photographer

M. Zhang Marine Biologist Panelist

Surfer

Gallery Guest

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- How could Ma have had Bunny and
still be so judgmental with me? - Black Cake

- How could Ma have had Bunny and still be so judgmental wit...

ELEANOR:
London wasn't exactly safe, - Black Cake

ELEANOR: London wasn't exactly safe,

Forgive me for keeping so many secrets. - Black Cake

Forgive me for keeping so many secrets.

ELEANOR [on recording]:
B and B, - Black Cake

ELEANOR [on recording]: B and B,

Your mother overcame so much,
and your father was a civil rights lawyer. - Black Cake

Your mother overcame so much, and your father was a civil ri...

Until I realized that the longer
you go without being seen, - Black Cake

Until I realized that the longer you go without being seen,

She wanted you to listen
to all seven recordings. - Black Cake

She wanted you to listen to all seven recordings.

And you can't even summon the courage - Black Cake

And you can't even summon the courage

Your mother wanted you
to listen to all seven recordings together. - Black Cake

Your mother wanted you to listen to all seven recordings tog...

But of course, that's not my story. - Black Cake

But of course, that's not my story.

Forgive
me for keeping so many secrets. - Black Cake

Forgive me for keeping so many secrets.

Eight years ago, on Thanksgiving,
was the last time I saw my family. - Black Cake

Eight years ago, on Thanksgiving, was the last time I saw my...

I must
confess that Eleanor is not my real name. - Black Cake

I must confess that Eleanor is not my real name.

I must confess that I was
not raised in an orphanage. - Black Cake

I must confess that I was not raised in an orphanage.

B and B... you have a sister. - Black Cake

B and B... you have a sister.

Marc, next week,
the board will formally announce you - Black Cake

Marc, next week, the board will formally announce you

What about when Dad died?
You said you'd come to the funeral. - Black Cake

What about when Dad died? You said you'd come to the fu...

Forgive me for keeping
so many secrets. - Black Cake

Forgive me for keeping so many secrets.

Do you really think Dad would've
wanted to know everything? - Black Cake

Do you really think Dad would've wanted to know everyth...

I'm now
telling you a secret - Black Cake

I'm now telling you a secret

A secret I couldn't bring myself to
even share with your father. - Black Cake

A secret I couldn't bring myself to even share with you...

B and B,
this is how I really became your ma. - Black Cake

B and B, this is how I really became your ma.

Your mum, did she mention
my birth father in the recordings? - Black Cake

Your mum, did she mention my birth father in the recordings?

- Little Man and his brothers will
bleed a man dry to settle a debt. - Black Cake

- Little Man and his brothers will bleed a man dry to settle...

Did it not occur to you that
I might want to know? - Black Cake

Did it not occur to you that I might want to know?

- Stop! [GASPS]
- [STEVE GRUNTS] - Black Cake

- Stop! [GASPS] - [STEVE GRUNTS]

We didn't tell you certain things
for the same reasons - Black Cake

We didn't tell you certain things for the same reasons

By her employer
around the time you were born. - Black Cake

By her employer around the time you were born.

I couldn't face you or Mom - Black Cake

I couldn't face you or Mom

ELEANOR [on recording]:
Mabel, my first born. - Black Cake

ELEANOR [on recording]: Mabel, my first born.

- Your mother was very specific.
She wanted us to wait until - Black Cake

- Your mother was very specific. She wanted us to wait until

It's a substantial offer,
and I think we ought to consider it. - Black Cake

It's a substantial offer, and I think we ought to consi...

I want you to know that
when I am another man's property, - Black Cake

I want you to know that when I am another man's propert...

The moment I held you,
I knew I wanted to be your mother. - Black Cake

The moment I held you, I knew I wanted to be your mother.

You had the opportunity to
make something of yourself - Black Cake

You had the opportunity to make something of yourself

I don't think I want that piece
displayed in someone's house, Steve. - Black Cake

I don't think I want that piece displayed in someone�...

In London, my roommate Elly - Black Cake

In London, my roommate Elly

Did it not occur to
you that I might want to know? - Black Cake

Did it not occur to you that I might want to know?

But by that point, it was too late. - Black Cake

But by that point, it was too late.

Coventina Brown was now officially dead. - Black Cake

Coventina Brown was now officially dead.

What if you study geology
at the university in Edinburgh? - Black Cake

What if you study geology at the university in Edinburgh?

I realize that I'm leaving you with
so many unanswered questions... - Black Cake

I realize that I'm leaving you with so many unanswered ...

In the end, she decided to talk. - Black Cake

In the end, she decided to talk.

Because the truth is,
I didn't choose to let you go. - Black Cake

Because the truth is, I didn't choose to let you go.

- Was everything fine
when you beat her so bad - Black Cake

- Was everything fine when you beat her so bad

I didn't want to burden you
with the weight of it. - Black Cake

I didn't want to burden you with the weight of it.

[Little Man chokes] - Black Cake

[Little Man chokes]

Some people think that
surfing is a relationship with the sea, - Black Cake

Some people think that surfing is a relationship with the se...

[THUDS, GRUNTS]
[SHAKY BREATHS] - Black Cake

[THUDS, GRUNTS] [SHAKY BREATHS]

- But at least we know
where Covey is now. - Black Cake

- But at least we know where Covey is now.

The saddest part is I think
Dad would've wanted to know. - Black Cake

The saddest part is I think Dad would've wanted to know...

You grow up thinking - Black Cake

You grow up thinking

I wish I'd had the courage to
share the truth with you sooner, - Black Cake

I wish I'd had the courage to share the truth with you ...

The fact that she turned up overseas, - Black Cake

The fact that she turned up overseas,

ELEANOR:
By the time I left Scotland, - Black Cake

ELEANOR: By the time I left Scotland,

You heard me correctly, you have a sister. - Black Cake

You heard me correctly, you have a sister.

But to ensure my safety, - Black Cake

But to ensure my safety,

PEARL:
The police, - Black Cake

PEARL: The police,

- Byron, my sweet boy, - Black Cake

- Byron, my sweet boy,

♪ somber music playing ♪ - Black Cake

♪ somber music playing ♪

B and B, - Black Cake

♪ dramatic music playing ♪ - Black Cake

♪ dramatic music playing ♪

You know, - Black Cake

Trying so hard to block out
everything that had happened. - Black Cake

Trying so hard to block out everything that had happened.

And people stared, - Black Cake

And people stared,

He closed his fingers around
it and just looked at me. - Black Cake

He closed his fingers around it and just looked at me.

But somewhere out there
was the little girl - Black Cake

But somewhere out there was the little girl

But in the end, - Black Cake

But in the end,

We will! We will! We will... - Black Cake

We will! We will! We will...

But my mom told me - Black Cake

But my mom told me

All your lives, - Black Cake

All your lives,

[insects chirping] - Black Cake

[insects chirping]

Yes, it was another child
who made me a mother, - Black Cake

Yes, it was another child who made me a mother,

ELEANOR:
The ache that my firstborn child - Black Cake

ELEANOR: The ache that my firstborn child

But of course, - Black Cake

You were the first time
I got to be a mother. - Black Cake

You were the first time I got to be a mother.

And those first few weeks back
just seemed to slip away. - Black Cake

And those first few weeks back just seemed to slip away.

I didn't know either, - Black Cake

I didn't know either,

[indistinct chatter] - Black Cake

[indistinct chatter]

And it didn't stop me - Black Cake

And it didn't stop me

But even when we bury the truth, - Black Cake

But even when we bury the truth,

You asked me before, Byron,
about that day on the beach, - Black Cake

You asked me before, Byron, about that day on the beach,

I'm still the only Black
ocean scientist in my lab, - Black Cake

I'm still the only Black ocean scientist in my lab,

She had so many
unresolved emotions, - Black Cake

She had so many unresolved emotions,

- But I'm grateful now
that I still have time - Black Cake

- But I'm grateful now that I still have time

The nausea, the fatigue, the dizziness, - Black Cake

The nausea, the fatigue, the dizziness,

'Cause if I had waited to
see another Black boy surf, - Black Cake

'Cause if I had waited to see another Black boy surf,

Byron, I'm sorry you felt so
much pressure to be perfect. - Black Cake

Byron, I'm sorry you felt so much pressure to be perfec...

- I'm sorry, um, - Black Cake

- I'm sorry, um,

As soon as I got the news
that they had found something, - Black Cake

As soon as I got the news that they had found something,

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Decades after Bride Covey disappears in the ocean under mysterious circumstances, a flash drive will change Eleanor Bennett's life forever.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: N/A

Writer: Marissa Jo Cerar

Production: Harpo Films,Kapital Entertainment,Two Drifters

Genre: drama, history, mystery

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice:

Released: 01 Nov 2023

Awards: 3 wins & 9 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.hulu.com/series/black-cake-404d4be6-1658-44eb-905c-0a29ecf592ca