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Posted July 25, 2019 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Official Trailer for HARRIET Released!


The trailer for Kasi Lemmons’ (Eve’s Bayou [1997], Talk to Me [2007]) new film Harriet has been released by Focus Features. (You can check it out above!) The film stars Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. and is scheduled to be in theaters on November 1, 2019.

harriet poster

Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, HARRIET tells 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.

The film was written by Gregory Allen Howard (Ali [2001], Remember the Titans [2000]) and Lemmons.

  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
  • Director: Kasi Lemmons
  • Writers: Gregory Allen Howard and Kasi Lemmons
  • Producers: Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Gregory Allen Howard
  • Cast: Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, Clarke Peters

Focus Features will release HARRIET in theaters November 1, 2019!

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:

Official Site / Facebook / Twitter #Harriet / Instagram

Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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