FX's Adaption of Octavia E. Butler's Kindred Has a Premiere Date!

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Based on the best-selling novel by Octavia Butler, FX’s Kindred premieres December 13. 

A young aspiring writer discovers secrets about her family's past when she finds herself mysteriously being pulled back and forth in time to a 19th century plantation.

All eight episodes will premiere December 13 on Hulu.

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