Harriet Tubman, the much admired African American abolitionist, Civil War spy, philanthropist and just about everything else she could pack into 91 years, died in 1913 just as the movie industry wa…
Harriet Tubman, the much admired African American abolitionist, Civil War spy, philanthropist and just about everything else she could pack into 91 years, died in 1913 just as the movie industry was in its infancy. Now more than a century later this true hero is finally, has been in development for the better part of a decade, with its star Cynthia Erivo attached for about three years before director Kasi Lemmons rolled the cameras.
The bulk of this film sees her inviting danger at every turn as she keeps going back to the land from which she escaped and bringing many with her. It is exciting stuff, and Lemmons, working from a script she wrote with Gregory Allen Howard, has dramatized it as the extraordinary human story it is. There is actuallymuch to Tubman’s legacy and life to pack in one two-hour picture, and these filmmakers don’t try.
Certainly in recent years we have had a large number of movies centered on slavery, most notably the Best Picture Oscar winnera “slave movie” but rather one aboutIn that regard it stands very tall indeed, just like the woman it is named after and the performance of Erivo in that role. Kudos also to John Toll’s superb cinematography.
Producers are Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, and Howard. Focus Features releases the film Friday. Check out my video review above with scenes from the film.Read More About:
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