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Harriet
Be free or die
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
- Original title
- Harriet
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Oct 27, 2024 · via TMDB
Cynthia Erivo delivers really strongly here as the eponymous woman who strives to escape generations of enslavement herself, then work to free her family and her race from the brutal oppression of their overlords. This characterisation of her sheer determination, coupled with a feistiness and courage is indeed well captured but sadly the rest of this is little better than an ordinary television movie. It's not that anyone is especially bad, it's just that none - especially Joe Alwyn's "Brodess" - really cut through. Janelle Monáe doesn't feature often enough to make too much impact and the rest rather follows a precisely produced narrative that failed to inject any real sense of the menace faced by this woman swimming against a societal tide that few had dared before her. It's all just a bit too clean, too sterile and even at it's emotional height - well, I just kept thinking someone was going to give us a song. Maybe it would have had more impact that way? There's also too little emphasis on her work as a "freedom fighter" - a sort of Robin Hood style of character determined to emancipate her people with a bare minimum of violence and spurning the more obvious instincts of revenge upon her former persecutors. The message is there, OK, but it relies far too much on the presumed attitudes of the audience rather than powerfully demonstrate the bleakness of her prospects and the injustice of their psychologically shackled existence. It's watchable enough, but sadly just a little too underwhelming.
SWITCH.
Jun 15, 2020 · via TMDB
'Harriet' stumbles in its clichéd storytelling and focus on going for gold - but that's not to undermine the fantastic acting, groundbreaking music, and of course the incredible true story of Harriet Tubman's bravery. With Black Lives Matter, the fight to end violence and systemic racism towards black people is rooted in the United States' DNA and 'Harriet', and sadly serves as yet another reminder of the constant mistreatment of African Americans. Films about slavery are still relevant, as that same discrimination is still taking place today. I want to end with lyrics from the film's song 'Stand Up' which feel very potent: “I'm going to stand up, take my people with me, together we are going, to a brand-new home.“ - Chris dos Santos Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-harriet-a-flawed-harriet-tubman-biopic-with-a-phenomenal-performance
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Cynthia Erivo
Harriet Tubman
Leslie Odom Jr.
William Still
Janelle Monáe
Marie Buchanon
Clarke Peters
Ben Ross
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Rit Ross
Omar J. Dorsey
Bigger Long
Henry Hunter Hall
Walter
Joseph Lee Anderson
Robert Ross
Antonio J Bell
Henry Ross
Zackary Momoh
John Tubman
Alexis Louder
Jane
Aria Brooks
Anger (8)
Joe Alwyn
Gideon Brodess
Tim Guinee
Thomas Garrett
Nick Basta
Foxx
Daphne Maxwell Reid
Miz Lucy
Jenna Marie Hess
Phoebe
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Reverend Green
Jennifer Nettles
Eliza Brodess
Deborah Ayorinde
Rachel Ross
Mike Marunde
Edward Brodess
Kamillah Matthews
Soph
Rakeem Laws
Jasper Marley
Tory Kittles
Frederick Douglass
Mitchell Hoog
Vince (16)
Thomas Keegan
Sherriff Ned Utley
Jaben Early
John Clay
Pete Burris
Lawman
William Flaman
A.C. Thompson
William L. Thomas
Senator Seward
Brian K. Landis
Marshal
Wain Jenkins
UGRR Passenger (uncredited)
Daniele Massaccesi
"A" Camera Operator
John Toll
Director of Photography
Daniele Massaccesi
Steadicam Operator
Paul Tazewell
Costume Design
Angie Wells
Makeup Department Head
Denise Woods
Dialect Coach
Bret McKee
Stunts
Craig Branham
Stunts
Dean Neistat
Stunts
Jay Caputo
Stunts
Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Kasi Lemmons
Director
Michele Panelli-Venetis
First Assistant Director
Wyatt Smith
Editor
Michele Panelli-Venetis
Associate Producer
Kim Taylor-Coleman
Casting Director
Jeffrey Lampert
Co-Producer
Bill Benenson
Executive Producer
Nnamdi Asomugha
Executive Producer
Pen Densham
Executive Producer
Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Producer
Gregory Allen Howard
Producer
Michelle Poole
Production Supervisor
Terence Blanchard
Conductor
Howard Drossin
Orchestrator
Terence Blanchard
Orchestrator
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer
William Britt
Production Sound Mixer
Cynthia Erivo
Songs
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregory Allen Howard
Screenplay
Kasi Lemmons
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Gregory Allen Howard
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