Limited series · Netflix
The Get Down
Rule the world.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Justice Smith
Ezekiel Figuero
11 eps
Shameik Moore
Shaolin Fantastic
11 eps
Herizen F. Guardiola
Mylene Cruz
11 eps
Skylan Brooks
Ra-Ra Kipling
11 eps
Jaden Smith
Marcus 'Dizzee' Kipling
11 eps
Tremaine Brown Jr.
Boo-Boo Kipling
11 eps
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Clarence 'Cadillac' Caldwell
11 eps
Jimmy Smits
Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz
11 eps
Stefanée Martin
Yolanda Kipling
11 eps
Shyrley Rodriguez
Regina Diaz
11 eps
Mamoudou Athie
Grandmaster Flash
11 eps
Giancarlo Esposito
Pastor Ramon Cruz
11 eps
Kevin Corrigan
Jackie Moreno
1 eps
Tremayne Rollins
Daze
1 eps
Joseph Cardoso
Shorty
1 eps
Tevin Thompson
Bully 1
1 eps
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Misty Holloway
1 eps
Ron Cephas Jones
Winston Kipling
5 eps
RayJonaldy Rodriguez
Silent Carlito
4 eps
Rebecca Watson
Janet
1 eps
Zuri Reed
Zulu Girl Yvonne
2 eps
Hasaan Gilmer
Leroy
1 eps
Haaron Hines
Tough Looking Guy
1 eps
Katrine Hoyt
Fabulous Person #5
1 eps
Sedly Bloomfield
Herc's Dad
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Get Down actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Get Down reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Where There is Ruin, There is Hope for a Treasure
Zeke's resolve to woo a girl sends him into a dizzying, dangerous nightclub scene, where he crosses paths with a nimble local legend.
- Directed by Baz Luhrmann
- Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann
S01E06
Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice
Dizzee has a new experience at a secret party in the city. As the guys gear up for an explosive DJ battle, Zeke boards a political rollercoaster.
- Directed by Ed Bianchi
- Written by Sam Bromell, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
S01E02
Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames
The guys seek spiritual advice from a grandmaster. Mylene's future might be in the hands of her father and politically powerful uncle.
- Directed by Ed Bianchi
- Written by Sinead Daly, Jacqui Rivera
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
Unfold Your Own Myth
- Directed by Lawrence Trilling
- Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
S01E08
The Beat Says, This Is the Way
- Directed by Ed Bianchi
- Written by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
S01E09
One by One, Into the Dark
- Directed by Clark Johnson
- Written by Nelson George
S01E10
Gamble Everything
- Directed by Ed Bianchi
- Written by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
S01E11
Only from Exile Can We Come Home
- Directed by Ed Bianchi
- Written by Jacqui Rivera, Sam Bromell
S01E01
Where There is Ruin, There is Hope for a Treasure
- Directed by Baz Luhrmann
- Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Baz Luhrmann
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Aaron SeliquiniProducer
Writing
- Allison Glock-CooperWriter
- Nelson GeorgeWriter
- Sinead DalyWriter
- Stephen Adly GuirgisWriter
- Jacqui RiveraWriter
- Aaron Rahsaan ThomasWriter
Direction
- Andrew BernsteinDirector
- Michael DinnerDirector
- Clark JohnsonDirector
- Ed BianchiDirector
- Baz LuhrmannDirector
- Lawrence TrillingDirector
Cinematography
- William RexerDirector of Photography
Music
- Elliott WheelerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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