Categories: Documentary

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

This powerful, nuanced portrait arrives just in time celebrate the bicentennial of American abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman. Parts of her story are well known; born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of anti-slavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. But the film delves deeper, illuminating her spirit and strength through exploits as a union scout and spy during the Civil War, an activist for women’s suffrage and a singular figure who defied categorization at every turn. The foremost chronicler of the Black experience working in nonfiction film today, Stanley Nelson, alongside co-director Nicole London, brings rich, deeply researched historical detail to the story of this remarkable woman.

ad123

Recent Posts

Testament

A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered…

6 months ago

Motel Melati

Motel Melati was originally an old Dutch colonial estate which was converted into an inn.…

6 months ago

Karungaapiyam

Set during the lockdown, Umayal Karthika deciding to spend time at a 100-year-old unkempt library…

6 months ago

Ice Merchants

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold…

6 months ago

Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room: The Movie

The individuals that comprise the Tokyo MER team rush to on-site disasters and accidents, performing…

6 months ago

Eyvah Tatil

6 months ago