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Atlanta

2016 · TV series

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Plot

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

About Atlanta

Atlanta is an American surrealist comedy-drama television series created by Donald Glover for FX. The series follows college dropout and music manager Earnest "Earn" Marks (Glover) and rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) as they navigate a strange, apparently otherworldly Atlanta hip hop scene. Atlanta also stars LaKeith Stanfield as Darius, Earn and Alfred's eccentric friend, and Zazie Beetz as Vanessa "Van" Kiefer, Earn's on-again-off-again girlfriend and the mother of his daughter. The series was produced by RBA, Gilga, 343 Incorporated, MGMT. Entertainment, and FXP and is primarily set and filmed in Atlanta and the surrounding Georgia area; the third season features international filming locations. Atlanta is one of the few American cable television series to feature an all-Black writing staff (featuring Glover as writer, executive producer and showrunner), with much of the focus set on examining race, class, identity, the American Dream, existentialism, surrealism, and modern African-American culture through an Afro-Surrealist lens. It is also notable for its use of bottle and standalone episodes, which often do not feature the main cast. Atlanta premiered on September 6, 2016, and was initially exclusively broadcast on cable channel FX in the United States and in other countries through the Fox Networks Group, and was distributed in the United States by…

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Cast

  • Donald GloverEarnest 'Earn' Marks
  • Brian Tyree HenryAlfred 'Paper Boi' Miles
  • LaKeith StanfieldDarius Epps
  • Zazie BeetzVanessa 'Van' Keefer
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