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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.

Release Date : 2019-11-01

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Stay Gold FeaturesMartin Chase ProductionsPerfect World PicturesFocus FeaturesMACRO

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Harriet Tubman

Original Name : Cynthia Erivo

Gender : Female

Character Name : William Still

Original Name : Leslie Odom Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gideon Brodess

Original Name : Joe Alwyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben Ross

Original Name : Clarke Peters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rit Ross

Original Name : Vanessa Bell Calloway

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bigger Long

Original Name : Omar J. Dorsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walter

Original Name : Henry Hunter Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas Garrett

Original Name : Tim Guinee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Foxx

Original Name : Nick Basta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Ross

Original Name : Joseph Lee Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Ross

Original Name : Antonio J Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junyah Ross

Original Name : CJ McBath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane

Original Name : Alexis Louder

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anger (8)

Original Name : Aria Brooks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marie Buchanon

Original Name : Janelle Monáe

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Tubman

Original Name : Zackary Momoh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Frank Riley III

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miz Lucy

Original Name : Daphne Maxwell Reid

Gender : Female

Character Name : Phoebe

Original Name : Jenna Marie Hess

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tilly

Original Name : Kathryn Tkel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Green

Original Name : Vondie Curtis-Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eliza Brodess

Original Name : Jennifer Nettles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rachel Ross

Original Name : Deborah Ayorinde

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edward Brodess

Original Name : Mike Marunde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soph

Original Name : Kamillah Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jasper Marley

Original Name : Rakeem Laws

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick Douglass

Original Name : Tory Kittles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linah

Original Name : Tia L. Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vince (16)

Original Name : Mitchell Hoog

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victor (16)

Original Name : Liam Searcy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sidney Howard Gay

Original Name : Keith Tyree

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sherriff Ned Utley

Original Name : Thomas Keegan

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Clay

Original Name : Jaben Early

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus Vern

Original Name : Don Hartman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lawman

Original Name : Pete Burris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Planter

Original Name : Damian Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : White Minister

Original Name : David Dickson Reynolds

Gender : Male

Character Name : A.C. Thompson

Original Name : William Flaman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senator Seward

Original Name : William L. Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farmer

Original Name : James Hester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martha Coffin Wright

Original Name : Laureen E. Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshal

Original Name : Brian K. Landis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesse

Original Name : Morgan Mccoy

Gender : Male

Character Name : UGRR Passenger (uncredited)

Original Name : Wain Jenkins

Gender : Male

Reviews

SWITCH.

@maketheSWITCH

2021-06-23

'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

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-10-27

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.