James Remar as Peter Gambi; Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning; Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce; Damon Gupton as Inspector William Henderson; China Anne McClain as Jennifer Pierce; Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce / Thunder; Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III as Tobias Whale; Marvin Jones as Tobias Whale; Kyanna Simone Simpson as Kiesha Henderson; Jill Scott as Lady Eve; Skye P. Marshall as Kara Fowdy; William Catlett as Lala
Rating
NR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
Scott Peck
Language
English
Plot
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights of his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa and Jennifer grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn, suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce�s crime-fighting days are long behind him�or so he thought. But wi