Genre: Drama, History . Cast:Alano Miller, Amirah Vann, Christopher Meloni, Jessica De Gouw, Jurnee Smollett-Bell . Year: 2016 . Underground centers on a group of slaves planning a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.