The Get Down: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

1970s New York City - broken down and beaten up, violent, cash strapped - dying. Consigned to rubble, a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them - except each other, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements, to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the just-built World Trade Center, The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco - told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who changed the city, and the world... forever.

Series details

• Title: The Get Down
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Music
• Premiere date: 2016-08-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-04-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 62 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 2162

Cast and credited roles

• Justice Smith — Ezekiel Figuero
• Shameik Moore — Shaolin Fantastic
• Herizen F. Guardiola — Mylene Cruz
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — Cadillac
• Jimmy Smits — Francisco Cruz
• Tremaine Brown Jr. — Boo-Boo Kipling
• Skylan Brooks — Ra-Ra Kipling

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-08-12; final listed air date 2016-08-12; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-04-07; final listed air date 2017-04-07; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Get Down on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.