Genius
Martin Luther King Jr / Malcolm X. Two minds, one movement.
TV-142017•43m•7.5/10
Drama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.5/10(306)
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.
Production
EUE / Sokolow Entertainment, Imagine Television Studios, OddLot Entertainment, 20th Television, MWM Studios, Warner Music Entertainment, Tumbleweed Productions, Fox 21 Television Studios
Language
EN
Status
Canceled
First Aired
April 25, 2017
Last Aired
February 22, 2024
Networks
National Geographic
Created By
Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink, Suzan-Lori Parks, Jeff Stetson
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Chapter One
Air date: 2017-04-25
The story of Albert Einstein, seen through glimpses of his twilight years and flashbacks to his time as a student in Munich and Zürich in the 1890s.
E2
Chapter Two
Air date: 2017-05-02
After butting heads in class, Einstein falls in love with the determined Mileva Maric. Their affair raises eyebrows.
E3
Chapter Three
Air date: 2017-05-09
Einstein struggles to support his pregnant wife and land an academic post in a rigid world of tradition and protocol.
E4
Chapter Four
Air date: 2017-05-16
Albert Einstein and Mileva juggle raising a kids with his attempts to catch the eye of the scientific establishment.
E5
Chapter Five
Air date: 2017-05-23
Einstein begins to experience the academic life he coveted, but he falters in his familial responsibilities. He is reintroduced to his cousin Elsa.
E6
Chapter Six
Air date: 2017-05-30
Einstein moves his family for work, and to be closer to his new love, Elsa. He sets out to prove his theory as his marriage reaches a breaking point.
E7
Chapter Seven
Air date: 2017-06-06
In the wake of the war, patriotism corrupts one of Albert Einstein’s closest friends, Fritz Haber, pitting them against each other.
E8
Chapter Eight
Air date: 2017-06-13
Einstein and his wife Elsa attempt to flee Germany after the rise of the Nazis, but they face unexpected roadblocks.
E9
Chapter Nine
Air date: 2017-06-20
Albert Einstein settles into life in America, but dangers abroad continue to be a threat to both him and his former colleagues.
E10
Chapter Ten
Air date: 2017-06-27
After the atomic bomb is dropped and World War II draws to a close, Einstein assumes the role of world citizen in his twilight years.
Cast
Aaron Pierre
Malcolm X
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jayme Lawson
Betty Shabazz
Weruche Opia
Coretta Scott King
Gary Carr
Clyde X
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Ralph Abernathy
Ron Cephas Jones
Elijah Muhammad
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