Maya Cobbina
Passionate, forthright and fiercely intelligent, Maya Cobbina is a top-drawer barrister and a pro-bono representative for death row inmates in the US.
For twenty years she’s been trying to gain justice for Michael Antwi, a charismatic anti-racist campaigner who died in police custody.
Promoted to the position of Director of Public Prosecutions (the first black woman to take the role), Maya is finally in a position to uncover the truth of his death – when a secret at the heart of her family blows her world apart.
Sophie Okonedo
Sophie Okonedo has had a distinguished career on stage, screen and TV. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda; a Golden Globe nomination for the miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) and BAFTA TV Award nominations for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ drama series (2009, written by Peter Moffat) and her portrayal of Winnie Mandela in Mrs. Mandela (2010).
Her television credits include: Clocking Off, , and Nancy in the 2007 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ adaptation of to name a few.
On stage, Sophie won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun.
