Season 1

Set primarily in Montreal, Chicago and Detroit as the world rebuilds after the First World War, the season depicts another battle as it ripples through the Black community in Little Burgundy, Montreal—known, at the time, as the “Harlem of the North.” For the American and Canadian men working as railway porters, it’s a fight for equity and dignity. For the women in their lives, facing sexism and colorism, it’s a movement to claim their independence and identity. They’re young, gifted and Black, in an era that boasts anything is possible, and if change isn’t coming for them, they will come for it. By any means necessary.