{"id":138309,"date":"2019-10-13T10:13:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T14:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=138309"},"modified":"2019-10-13T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T14:13:53","slug":"final-trailer-to-kasi-lemmons-harriet-starring-cynthia-erivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/final-trailer-to-kasi-lemmons-harriet-starring-cynthia-erivo\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Trailer To Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet Starring Cynthia Erivo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Focus Features has released a final trailer of the biopic Harriet,<\/strong> which tells the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman <\/strong>and starring\u00a0Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0Kasi Lemmons<\/strong> from a screenplay Lemmons co-wrote with Gregory Allen Howard<\/strong>, Tony Award-winner and Grammy Award-winner Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn<\/strong>, multiple Grammy Award-winners Janelle Monae<\/strong> and\u00a0Jennifer Nettles<\/strong>, Omar Dorsey, Henry Hunter Hall<\/strong> and Clarke Peters<\/strong> also round out the cast.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s right to vote. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide.<\/p>\n

Debra Martin Chase<\/strong> with Martin Chase Productions, Daniela Taplin Lundberg<\/strong> with Stay Gold Features and Gregory Allen Howard produced the film.<\/p>\n

Focus Features will release ‘Harriet’ in 2019.<\/p>\n