What is Atlanta about?
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
Two cousins navigate Atlanta's music scene through a dreamlike, gritty, and often absurdist lens.
Absurdist humor. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu.
Atlanta parents guide
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Cast and crew
Created byDonald Glover
StarringDonald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz
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