Beyond Black Beauty
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Kara Harun
Cheryl Meyer
Jay Vaidya
Murry Peeters
Amanda Fahey
Joan Digba
Alison Reid
Mars Horodyski
| Beyond Black Beauty | |
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| Genre | family drama |
| Created by | Carmen Pilar Golden |
| Written by | Carmen Pilar Golden Kara Harun Cheryl Meyer Jay Vaidya Murry Peeters Amanda Fahey Joan Digba |
| Directed by | Alicia K. Harris Alison Reid Mars Horodyski |
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| Composers | Yves Gourmeur Leny Magoufakis |
| Countries of origin | Canada Belgium |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Borga Dorter |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Family Channel |
| Release | March 15 – May 28, 2024 |
Beyond Black Beauty is a Canadian-Belgian youth drama series, which premiered in 2024.[1] Inspired by the influential novel Black Beauty, the series stars Kaya Coleman as Jolie Dumont, a young woman with a passion for horses and a dream of competing in equestrian events at the Olympic Games.
After growing up in Liège as the daughter of wealthy Belgian industrialist Cédric (Gilles Marini) and his American wife Janelle (Sagine Sémajuste), who trained her in the English riding style, her life is upended when her parents split up and her mother takes her back to her own more modest family roots in Baltimore.
Initially unhappy, she finds new meaning and opportunity in the situation when she connects with Beauty, the seemingly untrainable wild horse at the family ranch run by Janelle's sister Yvonne (Lisa Berry), and begins to learn more about rodeo culture and Western riding.[2]
Production
The series was produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, Leif Films and Saga Film,[3] and was filmed principally in and around North Bay, Ontario.[4]
The series has been noted for highlighting the Black cowboy culture that has gained prominence in the 2020s.[1]
Distribution
It premiered March 15, 2024, on Family Channel,[5] and launched in October 2024 on Amazon Prime Video in the United States.[6]
Cast
- Kaya Coleman as Jolie Dumont
- Gilles Marini as Cédric Dumont, Jolie's father
- Sagine Sémajuste as Janelle Dumont, Jolie's mother
- Lisa Berry as Yvonne Parrish, Jolie's aunt
- Ashton James as Lemond Parrish, Jolie's cousin
- Gina James as Ronnie Parrish, Jolie's cousin
- Akiel Julien as Alvin Shipp
- Yanna McIntosh as Doris, Jolie's grandmother
- Justice James as Lil Man
- Mark Taylor as Rashaad, Yvonne's former boyfriend with whom she tries to rekindle a relationship
- Serge Dupire as Eckert Dumont, Jolie's paternal grandfather
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Losing My Religion" | Alicia K. Harris | Carmen Pilar Golden | March 15, 2024 |
| 2 | "This Used to Be My Playground" | Alicia K. Harris | Jay Vaidya | March 15, 2024 |
| 3 | "Good Mother" | Alicia K. Harris | Murry Peeters | March 26, 2024 |
| 4 | "Everybody Hurts" | Alison Reid | Kara Harun, Cheryl Meyer | April 2, 2024 |
| 5 | "Confessions" | Alison Reid | Amanda Fahey | April 9, 2024 |
| 6 | "Feels Like Home" | Alison Reid | Carmen Pilar Golden | April 16, 2024 |
| 7 | "My Life" | Mars Horodyski | Carmen Pilar Golden | April 23, 2024 |
| 8 | "You Gotta Be" | Mars Horodyski | Joan Digba | April 30, 2024 |
| 9 | "You Learn" | Mars Horodyski | Kara Harun, Cheryl Meyer | May 7, 2024 |
| 10 | "If You Love Me" | Alison Reid | Amanda Fahey | May 14, 2024 |
| 11 | "A Change Would Do You Good" | Alicia K. Harris | Jay Vaidya | May 21, 2024 |
| 12 | "The Promise of a New Day" | Alicia K. Harris | Carmen Pilar Golden | May 28, 2024 |