The story that drives "Kindred" is deceptively simple: Dana James (Mallori Johnson) is a modern-day Black woman who is violently yanked back in time to a pre-Civil War plantation. It doesn't take a genius to map out what comes next. Modern-day sensibilities will clash with antebellum-era subjugation, and though audiences will cringe away from the brutality, unwavering resilience will carry our protagonist through. Haven't we seen this narrative in all the agonizing iterations that came...