Harriet Tubman was tough as nails, a fact director Kasi Lemmons pounds home in her pedestrian biopic, “Harriet.” Tubman’s history (or is it herstory?) is long overdue for a wide-screen, ...

Stars attend the Focus Features premiere of ‘Harriet’ at The Orpheum Theatre on Oct. 29, 2019, In Los Angeles, Calif. Family of boy, 15, who died in Queens subway surfing incident says he started ...

Most crucial, however, is the film’s approach to black women’s liberation. Unlike recent films set in the antebellum period that center black bondsmen (“The Birth of a Nation” in 2016, “12 Years a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about entertainment, focusing on disabled representation. Actress Cynthia Erivo attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation ...

For Cynthia Erivo, the role of a lifetime is also the test of a lifetime. In Kasi Lemmons’ “Harriet,” out Friday, acclaimed stage veteran Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman in the long overdue origin story ...

Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman and Aria Brooks as Anger (age 8) in "Harriet," a Focus Features release. (Glen Wilson/Focus Features) The new movie about Harriet Tubman. Historians tell us her ...

In the new film “Harriet,” director and co-writer Kasi Lemmons brings Harriet Tubman’s story to life on the big screen. The movie, released November 1, is based on the true events of Tubman’s life as ...

Setting out to score Harriet, composer Terence Blanchard was inspired and driven forward by the iconic subject of Kasi Lemmons’ drama—Harriet Tubman, the slave-turned-abolitionist who repeatedly ...

Showcasing folklore on the early life of Harriet Tubman, this story is part of a multimedia Delmarva Now project. The Eastern Shore woman defied slavery not only by escaping it but by leading dozens ...