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Harriet
Directed by
Kasi Lemmons
Produced by Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Debra Martin Chase, and Gregory Allen Howard
Produced by Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Debra Martin Chase, and Gregory Allen Howard
Screenplay by
Gregory Allen Howard and Kasi Lemmons
Story by
Gregory Allen Howard
With:
Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Omar J. Dorsey, Henry Hunter Hall, Tim Guinee, Nick Basta, Joseph Lee Anderson, Antonio J Bell, CJ McBath, Alexis Louder, Aria Brooks, Janelle Monáe, Zackary Momoh, Frank Riley III, Daphne Reid, Jenna Marie Hess, Kathryn Tkel, and Vondie Curtis-Hall
Cinematography:
John Toll
Editing: Wyatt Smith
Music: Terence Blanchard
Editing: Wyatt Smith
Music: Terence Blanchard
Runtime:
125 min
Release Date: 01 November 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 01 November 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
What starts out as a vital historical picture about the escaped slave who became a heroic conductor of the Underground Railroad devolves into a mess of biopic cliches and turns Tubman into Wonder Woman with Oscar-bait monologues. The iconic abolitionist deserves a more singular movie, but the first two-thirds of Lemmons' film tell the beginning of her story with power and insight.