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Sundown: A Time Capsule Society Mystery

By: Michael DiMartino
Narrated by: Asante Blackk, Storm Reid, Devery Jacobs, Ines de Castillo, Robbie Daymond, Richard Ferrone, Jonathan Davis, Dina Pearlman, Victor Bevine, Corey Allen, Adam Grupper, Robert Fass, Josh Hurley, Lisa Renee Pitts, full cast
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Fantasy Science Fiction
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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: Time Flies

    Ep. 1: Time Flies
    Jun 23 2022
    A mysterious new student, Sanaa Starr, transfers to Norhaven High. The contents of a 100-year-old time capsule in Norhaven, Rhode Island, rock the lives of Darius Hightower and his friends.
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    57 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Times They Are A-Changin’

    Ep. 2: The Times They Are A-Changin’
    Jun 23 2022
    As they produce a podcast for a school project, Darius, Sanaa, Cameron, Lizzie, and Mireya uncover the troubled history of their town. The discovery of a time travel machine changes all their lives.
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    30 mins
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  • Ep. 3: A Thousand Bad Times

    Ep. 3: A Thousand Bad Times
    Jun 23 2022
    After arriving in 1920, Darius, Sanaa, and their friends investigate the murder of Margaret Hightower. The sheriff arrests a suspect for the crime––Ulysses Atwood.
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    29 mins
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About the Creator

Michael Dante DiMartino is the creator and writer of the Audible drama Sundown. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Film and Animation, DiMartino became an animation director, working on the prime-time series King of the Hill and Family Guy. DiMartino is the co-creator of the award-winning animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra. From 2002 to 2014, he served as executive producer and story editor for both series. He continued Korra’s story as the writer of the graphic novels Turf Wars and Ruins of the Empire. He is also the author of the fantasy novels Rebel Genius and Warrior Genius. Currently, DiMartino serves as the co-Chief Creative Officer of Avatar Studios, developing new content for the Avatarverse.

Asante Blackk
Storm Reid
Devery Jacobs

About the Performer

Asante Blackk received widespread critical acclaim for his Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominated performance in Ava DuVernay’s limited series When They See Us fka Central Park Five. Asante can most recently be seen in NBC’s This Is Us opposite Sterling K. Brown and Mandy Moore where he was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award.
Asante just wrapped starring opposite Tiffany Haddish in Cory Finley’s Landscape With Invisible Hand for MGM and Plan B.

About the Performer

Storm Reid is an actress, producer, artivist and student at USC. She is best known for starring as "Meg" in Disney’s live action adaptation of the acclaimed children's novel A Wrinkle In Time, which was directed by multi-award winner Ava DuVernay. Her recent credits include: Blumhouse’s Don't Let Go (2019) and Invisible Man (2020), Ava DuVernay’s Netflix limited series When They See Us (2019), HBO’s Euphoria (2019-), Hulu’s animated children’s series The Bravest Knight (2019), and The Suicide Squad (2021). Next up, Reid will star in the film One Way where she acted alongside Travis Fimmel, Kevin Bacon and Dreade Matteo, Searching 2, starring opposite Nia Long and HBO’s The Last of Us.
In 2013, Reid and her mother, Robyn Simpson launched A Seed & Wings Productions, an independent multimedia production house rooted in narratives that forge multi-cultural conversations, entertain, educate, and uplift. Their desire is to create authentic storytelling that is impactful, honest, and reflects the perspectives of all people. In 2021, Reid starred, created, and produced (alongside Simpson for her own banner) Facebook Watch’s "Chop it Up," a conversation series by way of cooking.
Photographed by Natasha Wilson

About the Performer

Devery Jacobs is quickly establishing herself as one of Hollywood’s most exciting rising stars and as a socially conscious voice from Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, using her platform to advocate for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ rights.
Jacobs has recently been cast as a leading role in the latest Marvel series, ECHO. Jacobs can currently be seen as one of the leads in the groundbreaking new show Reservation Dogs, which recently won two Independent Spirit Awards and is airing now on FX and Hulu. Created by Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo, Reservation Dogs follows a group of four Indigenous teens who live on an Oklahoma reservation while working - sometimes unconventionally - toward their dream of a better life in California. For her portrayal of "Elora Danan," Jacobs earned a Gotham Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Performance in a New Series" and Reservation Dogs has been nominated in the category of "Breakthrough Series – Short Format." Jacobs also serves as a writer for the highly anticipated season two of Reservation Dogs.
Jacobs can be seen starring in Caroline Monnet’s feature film, Bootlegger. The story follows Mani, played by Jacobs, an ambitious lawyer in her 20s who heads back to her remote Indigenous community to help her people free themselves from outdated paternalistic laws. The film was awarded "Best Dramatic Feature Award" at the 2021 ImagineNATIVE Festival Awards and received "Best Screenplay" at Cannes’ Cinefondation in 2017.
Up next is Jacobs’ producorial debut narrative feature film Backspot, which is currently in pre-production.
Jacobs has amassed a significant body of work in several film and television productions with a wide reach in genres including Netflix Original horror drama series The Order, Amazon/Starz fantasy drama series American Gods, Blumhouse Productions’ The Lie. Her first breakout role came when she was cast as the lead role in the award-winning feature film, Rhymes For Young Ghouls. This role resulted in her nomination for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards. Additional Canadian film credits include Blood Quantum, Cold and This Life. Crediting her work, Jacobs won "Best Performance in a Canadian Film" at the 2016 Whistler Film Fest and "Best Actress" at the 2017 American Indian Film Fest for her work in the feature film, The Sun at Midnight.
In 2022, Devery landed on the cover of Teen Vogue’s New Hollywood issue, and in 2021, she was placed on the Out100 list. In 2017, the Hollywood Reporter named Jacobs as one of Canada’s Rising Stars, which featured a list of breakout actors who are making an impact in Hollywood. In the same year, she was also honored by Telefilm Canada at the 2017 Birks Diamond Tribute, celebrating women in film. Jacobs was given the title of TIFF Rising Star at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Jacobs has also explored the other side of the camera, with her directorial debut of the short film Stolen, which won "Best Aboriginal Film" at the 2017 Yorkton Film Festival. Her second short film Rae garnered "Best Youth Work" prize at the Imagine NATIVE Film Festival. It was also an official selection of the 2018 Palm Springs Short fest and was named as one of the "Best Female-Directed Films" by Refinery29. The feature film This Place, co-written by Jacobs, was named a recipient of the Talent to Watch fund from Telefilm Canada.
While pursuing her acting career, she studied to be a counsellor and worked at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal. Jacobs attended the Canadian Film Centre’s (CFC) Acting Conservatory, an intensive six-month program that explores the different techniques of acting.
Outside of acting and filmmaking, Devery Jacobs is fulfilling her goal of learning her Native language and taking Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) classes. Jacobs’ other passion lies in Indigenous rights and LGBTQ2S+ activism. She was an original founder of the Kahnawà:ke Youth Forum where she led and organized protests and rallies. Recently, Jacobs has been focusing her activism through her art, hoping to create change within communities, and to alter the perspective of how modern Indigenous people are seen.

Interview: Michael DiMartino’s New Podcast Series Holds Up a Mirror Towards Prejudice

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January 6th is just another example of...

Listening to this audio remain me of January 6th is just another example of repeating America's History! I love this 😍 audiobook!

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Excellent!

Excellent time travel podcast! A group of students accidentally travel back in time 100 years to discover the real truth about their town and their family. The discover that their town and family has been trying to cover up and forget their racist beginnings. A great listen and a great cast of voice actors!

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Very Entertaining and Enlightening

Loved it. An entertaining tale of People of all races working together to make a difference in bringing to light the horrific happenings regarding racism and other tragedies, in order to make a difference in the future.

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Poorly acted, but interesting

This is an interesting story. I don't like the main actress's stilted speech patterns, but I still think this is a solid overall story that delves into realities of American history that normally don't get taught. Making it a science fiction story with time traveling reminds me of a certain episode of Lovecraft Country.

I see a lot of people that reviewed this poorly mention how "woke" this is. "Woke" just means "aware", so it's telling when people put it into a negative connotation.

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Entertaining and educational.

We have to know our history, real history, so we do not repeat it. Covering up the past does not help anyone heal.

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loved it

great story kept me listening all day. I'm letting my nephew read this .

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Compelling, But...

The story was quite compelling, quite involving, but the choice by the author to have the characters from the 1920s speak in modern parlance dropped me out of the story again and again. The language has definitely changed, at least in idioms, in 100 years. I would have preferred if the author had taken the time to adjust for that. That's the only reason I gave this story four stars instead of five.

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Good story but…

This is an interesting and compelling story. I had to keep listening. The but is that there were a lot of characters. At the end, I couldn’t remember where on the tree the person belonged- son, Dad, grandpa, GGpa?

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Actually Avery good YA story

I read a previous recycling where the person said that the story was divisive. So they didn’t finish it. I suggest you finish it and you will see it is a very good story that brings people together

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I loved it!

The storyline was great and very important for everyone to hear. The narrators did very well. Each character was easy to follow because of the distinct voices. Each voice actually fit the character that they were playing. I really enjoyed every single episode. I loved it so much that I am currently on the hunt for another like it. Great listen!

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