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Nov 1, 2019 · Harriet Tubman’s incredible life story instantly screams cinematic. Yet somehow, the renowned icon, among the most celebrated freedom fighters of American history, has never been given a major movie to her name before; a fact that is all the more frustrating considering Hollywood’s insatiable appetite for biopics that feature important male ...
Oct 31, 2019 · Harriet is determined to liberate the members of her family, which means evading both white slave-catchers and an especially fearsome black bounty hunter named Bigger Long (Omar J. Dorsey).
- Kasi Lemmons
Oct 30, 2019 · Richard Brody reviews the Kasi Lemmons film “Harriet,” a bio-pic of Harriet Tubman, which stars Cynthia Erivo, Joe Alwyn, Leslie Odom, Jr., and others.
Jan 28, 2020 · Harriet is a deeply moving film that shows what true sacrifice and heroism look like; and it does so without a lot of the violence that was certainly present during Harriet’s life. Yes, there are some brief moments of harsh language, as well as some violence.
- Kasi Lemmons
Nov 1, 2019 · Kasi Lemmons’s Harriet, starring Cynthia Erivo and Janelle Monáe, is too interested in framing its subject as a superhero, rather than an extraordinary human being.
- Angelica Jade Bastién
- Critic
Sep 11, 2019 · Film Review: ‘Harriet’ Cynthia Erivo plays the escaped slave Harriet Tubman with a mournful fury, but the rest of Kasi Lemmons' biopic is more dutiful than inspired.
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Sep 11, 2019 · If its aim to inspire and educate inevitably leaves the movie feeling a little classroom-bound, Harriet is still an impassioned, edifying portrait of a remarkable life, and a fitting showcase for...
