National Geographics dropped the first trailer for A Small Light (above), a limited series sharing a different perspective of the Anne Frank story.
The 8-part series premieres Monday, May 1, at 9/8c on Nat Geo with two back-to-back episodes, with new episodes dropping on Mondays at 9/8c. All episodes will be available to stream the next day via Disney+ and Hulu.
A Small Light tells the story of 20-something secretary Miep Gies (Bel Powley), who didn’t hesitate when her boss Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to hide him and his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan (Joe Cole) and several other everyday heroes watched over the eight souls hiding in the secret annex. It was Miep who found Anne’s (Billie Boullet) diary and preserved it so that she and Otto could later share it with the world. The series title comes from something Gies said late in her life: “I don’t like being called a hero because no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. Even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can turn on a small light in a dark room.”
Watch the trailer in full above.
