SYNOPSIS

Based on
the acclaimed Broadway play, the Netflix Television Event AMERICAN SON tells
the story of Kendra Ellis-Connor (Emmy-nominee Kerry Washington), the mother of
a missing teenage boy, as she struggles to put the pieces together in a South
Florida police station. Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee also
reprise their roles in the adaptation which presents four distinct viewpoints,
while also navigating the unique dynamic of an interracial couple trying to
raise a mixed-race son.

AMERICAN SON by Christopher Demos-Brown is directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Washington and Pilar Savone executive produce under Washington’s banner Simpson Street. Jeffrey Richards and Rebecca Gold also serve as executive producers.

More Information: www.netflix.com/americanson