{"id":81605,"date":"2017-12-07T17:05:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/12\/07\/gallery-episode-pics-showtime-lena-waithe-common-drama-series-the-chi\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:19:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:19:36","slug":"gallery-episode-pics-showtime-lena-waithe-common-drama-series-the-chi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/gallery-episode-pics-showtime-lena-waithe-common-drama-series-the-chi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery & Episode Pics To Showtime, Lena Waithe & Common Drama Series “The Chi”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gallery & Episode Pics To Showtime, Lena Waithe & Common Drama Series “The Chi”<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

December 7, 2017<\/p>\n

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SHOWTIME has released a set of gallery and episodic photos for the highly-anticipated drama series THE CHI<\/strong>, created and executive produced by Emmy\u00ae winner Lena Waithe<\/strong> (Master of None), and executive produced by Academy Award\u00ae, Emmy\u00ae and Golden Globe\u00ae winner Common<\/strong> (Selma) and Elwood Reid<\/em> (The Bridge, Hawaii Five-O) who also serves as showrunner. The series, which explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago, premieres on Sunday, January 7 at 10 p.m. ET\/PT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Produced entirely in its namesake city, THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.<\/p>\n

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Cast photo of the Showtime original series THE CHI.
Photo: Mathieu Young\/SHOWTIME
Pictured (clockwise from top left): Yolonda Ross as Jada, Tiffany Boone as Jerrika, Jason Mitchell as Brandon, Armando Riesco as Detective Cruz, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as Ronnie, Alex Hibbert as Kevin and Jacob Latimore as Emmett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ensemble cast includes Jason Mitchell<\/strong> (Straight Outta Compton), Jacob Latimore<\/strong> (Sleight), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine<\/strong> (Queen of Katwe), Alex Hibbert<\/strong> (Moonlight), Yolonda Ross<\/strong> (Treme, The Get Down), Armando Riesco<\/strong> (Bull) and Tiffany Boone<\/strong> (The Following).<\/p>\n

Kevin (Hibbert) is the pre-teen who must step past shattered illusions and embrace the normal rites of childhood, while Brandon (Mitchell) the dreamer makes his own nearly impossible leap of faith to succeed in life and love with girlfriend Jerrika (Boone). Emmett (Latimore) is the carefree teen is thrust into complex responsibility with guidance from his mother Jada (Ross), and Ronnie (Mwine) is the drifter whose struggle to love and be loved calls into question his every pursuit. Sonja Sohn (The Wire), Jahking Guillory (Kicks), and Steven Williams (The Leftovers) recur.<\/p>\n

In addition to Waithe, Common and Reid, Aaron Kaplan<\/strong> (Santa Clarita Diet, Divorce) serves as executive producer along with Rick Famuyiwa<\/strong> (Dope), who also directed the premiere episode, and Derek Dudley and Shelby Stone of Freedom Road Productions. The series is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios.<\/p>\n