Emancipation (2022)

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/ 10
2 User Ratings
2h 12m
Running Time

December 2, 2022
Release Date

Emancipation (2022)

9
/ 10
2 User Ratings
2h 12m
Running Time

December 2, 2022
Release Date

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Plot.

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.

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Cast & Crew.

Melissa Lehman

Melissa Lehman

Mrs John Thomas

Joe Lyle

Joe Lyle

LNG Drummer

Brandon Dauphin

Brandon Dauphin

Enslaved Shirtless Man

Bryan Jonathan Allen

Bryan Jonathan Allen

LNG Soldier #1

Kenneth Walter Jones

Kenneth Walter Jones

LNG Soldier #2

Ruby Lain Stansberry Faiferek

Ruby Lain Stansberry Faiferek

Screaming Enslaved Woman

Hick Cheramie

Hick Cheramie

Jail Cart Soldier

Gregory Kennedy

Gregory Kennedy

Jail Cart Enslaved / Dying Man

Derome Alexander Seals

Derome Alexander Seals

Enslaved Man #1

Bathsheba Lofton Smith

Bathsheba Lofton Smith

Enslaved Woman #1

Romalace James

Romalace James

Enslaved Man #2

Clarence Joseph Morgan III

Clarence Joseph Morgan III

Enslaved Man #3

Jocelyne Croisier

Jocelyne Croisier

Enslaved Woman #2

Scierra Lynn LeGarde

Scierra Lynn LeGarde

Enslaved Woman #3

Anika Simone Ofori

Anika Simone Ofori

Enslaved Woman #4

Dominicia Hayes

Dominicia Hayes

Enslaved Woman #5

Todd Black

Todd Black

Producer

Joey McFarland

Joey McFarland

Producer

Lauren Spencer

Lauren Spencer

Makeup Artist

Details.

Release Date
December 2, 2022

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 12m

Content Rating
R

Filming Locations
New Orleans, United States

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

slavery
escape from slavery
based on a true story
black slave
united states

Wiki.

Emancipation is a 2022 American historical action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by William N. Collage, and co-produced by Will Smith, who stars as a runaway slave headed for Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the 1860s, after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery in secessionist Confederate states, surviving the swamps while being chased by slave catchers and their dogs. Ben Foster stars as a ruthless slave hunter and Charmaine Bingwa as an enslaved wife and mother.

The film is loosely based on the life of a self-emancipated slave, known as either Gordon or "Whipped Peter". That story was made famous by the photograph of a man's bare back heavily scourged from an overseer's whippings, which was published worldwide as magazine illustrations in 1863, and gave the abolitionist movement proof of the cruelty of slavery. Producer Joey McFarland began researching that story in 2018, and hired Collage to write the script.

The film was officially announced in June 2020, with Fuqua to direct and Smith to star. Filming was in Louisiana between July and August 2021, with Apple paying US$130 million to acquire the rights to the film, outbidding several other studios.

It was screened in Washington, D.C., on October 1, 2022, and released in select cinemas on December 2, 2022, then streamed on December 9 on Apple TV+. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Smith's performance, but criticized the screenplay and its handling of real-life events.

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