Harriet (2019)
Harriet is a biographical American film about Harriet Tubman, a slave-turned-abolitionist, in 2019. It stars Cynthia Erivo as Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles, directed by Kasi Lemmons, who wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard.
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For years, a biography on Harriet Tubman had been in the works, with several actresses rumored to star, including Viola Davis. In February 2017, Erivo was cast, much of the cast and crew joined the following year, and in October 2018, principal photography began in Virginia.
On September 10, 2019, the film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Focus Features is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on November 1, 2019. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performance of Erivo, but lamented the story's formal approach.
About The Harriet
Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
Produced by: Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Gregory Allen Howard
Screenplay by: Gregory Allen Howard and Kasi Lemmons
Story by: Gregory Allen Howard
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Janelle Monáe
Music by: Terence Blanchard
Cinematography: John Toll
Edited by: Wyatt Smith
Production companies: Perfect World Pictures, New Balloon and Stay Gold Features
Distributed by: Focus Features
Release date: September 10, 2019 (TIFF)and November 1, 2019 (United States)
Running time: 25 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English.
Premise
It is based on the life of the abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and on the Underground Railroad led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom.
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Cast
Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman, John’s wife and Ben and Rit’s daughter
Leslie Odom Jr. as William Still, a writer and abolitionist who connects Tubman with the Underground Railroad
Joe Alwyn as Gideon Brodess, Harriet's slave owner
Janelle Monáe as Marie Buchanon, a proprietor and friend of Tubman.
Jennifer Nettles as Eliza
Vanessa Bell Calloway as Rit Ross, Harriet’s mother and Ben’s wife
Clarke Peters as Ben Ross, Harriet’s father and Rit’s husband
Henry Hunter Hall as Walter, a slave tracker employed to catch Tubman
Zackary Momoh as John Tubman, Harriet’s husband
Mitchell Hoog as Vince
Deborah Ayorinde as Rachel Ross
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Reverend Samuel Green
Omar Dorsey as Bigger Long
Tory Kittles as Frederick Douglass
Tim Guinee as Thomas Garrett
Joseph Lee Anderson as Robert Ross
Antonio J. Bell as Henry Ross
Willie Raysor as Abraham.
Production
Viola Davis was set to start in 2015 and produce a biopic of Harriet Tubman, but it never came to fruition. Development started in May 2016 on a new film. Cynthia Erivo was casted as Tubman in February 2017, with Gregory Allen Howard directing Seith Mann from a screenplay.
In September 2018, Focus Features was announced as the new distributor, Kasi Lemmons attached as producer, and Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, and Clarke Peters were added to the cast. Janelle Monáe was confirmed for the film in October among several new castings, with shooting scheduled to begin in Virginia on October 8, 2018, lasting until December.
Release
It had its world premiere on September 10, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is scheduled to release on November 1, 2019 in the United States.
Box office
Harriet will be released alongside Terminator in the United States and Canada: Dark Destiny, Arctic Dogs and Motherless Brooklyn, and its opening weekend is expected to be about $8 million.
Conclusion
Harriet Tubman's remarkable tale of liberation from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose bravery, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
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