WE tv Releases Trailer For Its First Scripted Drama 'The Divide'

WE tv has released the trailer for Tony Goldwyn's The Divide, the network's first original scripted drama which premieres in July. The eight-episode series is written by the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra, The Fisher King), co-created by LaGravenese and Tony Goldwyn (Scandal, Conviction) and produced by AMC Studios.

The Divide is a thought-provoking and suspenseful drama that explores the personal cost of morality, ambition, ethics, politics, and race in today's justice system through the eyes of Christine Rosa played by Marin Ireland (Homeland), an impassioned caseworker with The Innocence Initiative, and Adam Page played by Damon Gupton (The Newsroom), an equally passionate district attorney and political rising star. LaGravenese and Goldwyn also serve as executive producers along with Emmy Award winner John Tinker as the showrunner, and co-executive producer, Andrew Sugarman. The drama also stars Nia Long (Guiding Light), Paul Schneider, Clark Peters and Joe Anderson.

Eleven years ago, the Butler family was attacked in their Philadelphia home and all but the youngest daughter were brutally murdered. The senseless deaths of this affluent African American family, seemingly at the hands of two white construction workers, Terry Kucik (Joe Anderson) and Jared Bankowski (Chris Bauer), threatened to ignite a racial firestorm in the City of Brotherly Love. Adam Page (Gupton), himself an affluent black man and the city's District Attorney as well as a political rising star, made a name for himself by securing convictions for both men, leading to the death penalty ruling for Bankowski. Now, Christine Rosa (Ireland), a caseworker with the Innocence Initiative, believes Bankowski was wrongly convicted of the heinous murders and struggles to stop his impending execution, while tirelessly working to exonerate Kucik.

In her search for the truth, Christine uncovers evidence that puts her at odds with Adam who will do everything in his power to uphold the verdict and keep his reputation intact. His actions put a strain on his marriage to Billie, played by Nia Long, a powerhouse corporate attorney at a crossroads in her personal and professional life. Throughout the journey, all three of their pasts resurface as they are faced with the question of one man's guilt or innocence intertwined with their own personal histories.

The Divide also stars Paul Schneider as Clarke Rylance, an old law school buddy of Adam and Billie's who chooses a different path when he signs on with The Innocence Initiative; Joe Anderson as Terry Kucik, who, as a young teen, is sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of the Butler family; and Clark Peters as Isaiah Page, Adam's father and Police Commissioner of Philadelphia.