Coming out on Nov. 1 from Focus Features is the biopic Harriet, which tells the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman and starring Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Cynthia Erivo
Directed by Kasi Lemmons from a screenplay Lemmons co-wrote with Gregory Allen Howard, Tony Award-winner and Grammy Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, multiple Grammy Award-winners Janelle Monae and Jennifer Nettles, Omar Dorsey, Henry Hunter Hall and Clarke Peters also round out the cast.
Tubman is an American hero who escaped the shackles of slavery and subsequently helped free others from servitude through a channel of safe houses and secret routes known as the Underground Railroad. She also served a spy for the Union during the Civil War and fought for women’s right to vote.
Blackfilm.com correspondent Lenique Vincent spoke with director Kasi Lemmons, Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. regarding their involvement with the film.
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