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'''''Harriet''''' is a 2019 American [[biographical film]] about slave-turned-[[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] [[Harriet Tubman]]. Directed by [[Kasi Lemmons]], who wrote the screenplay with [[Gregory Allen Howard]], it stars [[Cynthia Erivo]] as Tubman, with [[Leslie Odom Jr.]], [[Joe Alwyn]], and [[Janelle Monáe]] in supporting roles. |
'''''Harriet''''' is a 2019 American [[biographical film]] about slave-turned-[[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] [[Harriet Tubman]]. Directed by [[Kasi Lemmons]], who wrote the screenplay with [[Gregory Allen Howard]], it stars [[Cynthia Erivo]] as Tubman, with [[Leslie Odom Jr.]], [[Joe Alwyn]], and [[Janelle Monáe]] in supporting roles. |
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A biography about Harriet Tubman had been in the works for years, with several actresses, including [[Viola Davis]], rumored to star. Erivo was cast in February 2017, and much of the cast and crew joined the following year. Filming took place in [[Virginia]] from October to December 2018. |
A biography about Harriet Tubman had been in the works for years, with several actresses, including [[Viola Davis]] and [[Julia Roberts]], rumored to star. Erivo was cast in February 2017, and much of the cast and crew joined the following year. Filming took place in [[Virginia]] from October to December 2018. |
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''Harriet'' had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 10, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 1, 2019, by [[Focus Features]]. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised Erivo's performance and found the film sincere but formulaic. |
''Harriet'' had its world premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 10, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 1, 2019, by [[Focus Features]]. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised Erivo's performance and found the film sincere but formulaic. |
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Directed by | Kasi Lemmons |
Screenplay by |
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Story by | Gregory Allen Howard |
Produced by |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | John Toll |
Edited by | Wyatt Smith |
Music by | Terence Blanchard |
Distributed by | Focus Features |
Release dates |
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Running time | 125 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $17 million[2] |
Box office | $42.6 million[3][4] |
Harriet is a 2019 American biographical film about slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, who wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard, it stars Cynthia Erivo as Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles.
A biography about Harriet Tubman had been in the works for years, with several actresses, including Viola Davis and Julia Roberts, rumored to star. Erivo was cast in February 2017, and much of the cast and crew joined the following year. Filming took place in Virginia from October to December 2018.
Harriet had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 1, 2019, by Focus Features. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised Erivo's performance and found the film sincere but formulaic.
Focus Features' website highlights the movie by saying, "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."[5]
Cast
- Cynthia Erivo as Araminta "Minty" Ross / Harriet Tubman, John Tubman's wife and Ben and Rit's daughter
- Leslie Odom Jr. as William Still, a writer and abolitionist in Philadelphia who connects Minty / Tubman with the North's Underground Railroad
- Joe Alwyn as Gideon Brodess, Eliza's son, co-owner of a slave-owning farm, and Tubman's former owner, who pursues her.
- Janelle Monáe as Marie Buchanon, a boarding-house proprietor in Philadelphia and friend to Tubman
- Jennifer Nettles as Eliza Brodess, a widow, Gideon's mother, and co-owner of the slave-owning farm
- Vanessa Bell Calloway as Rit Ross, Harriet's mother and Ben's wife
- Clarke Peters as Ben Ross, Harriet's father and Rit's husband
- Henry Hunter Hall as Walter, a black slave-tracker employed by Brodess Farm to catch Tubman
- Zackary Momoh as John Tubman, a local freedman and Harriet's first husband
- Mitchell Hoog as Vince
- Deborah Ayorinde as Rachel Ross, Harriet's sister, who has two children.
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as Reverend Samuel Green, a secretly-abolitionist freedman
- Omar Dorsey as Bigger Long
- Tory Kittles as abolitionist Frederick Douglass
- Tim Guinee as white abolitionist Thomas Garrett
- Joseph Lee Anderson as Robert Ross
- Brian K. Landis as the Marshall
- Antonio J. Bell as Henry Ross
- Willie Raysor as Abraham
- William L Thomas as abolitionist U.S. Senator Seward
- Nick Basta as Fox
Production
In 2015, Viola Davis was set to star in and produce a Harriet Tubman biopic; however, it never came to fruition.[6] Development on a new film began in May 2016.[7] In February 2017, Cynthia Erivo was cast as Tubman, with Seith Mann then set to direct, from a screenplay by Gregory Allen Howard.[8]
Further development on the film was announced in September 2018, with Focus Features set as the new distributor, Kasi Lemmons attached as director, and Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, and Clarke Peters, and others, added to the cast.[9][10] Lemmons received co-writer credit with Allen on the final script, and Allen also had the film's "story by" credit. In October, Janelle Monáe was announced as one of several actors newly added to the film, with filming beginning on October 8, 2018 and lasting through December.[11][12][13]
Harriet was filmed entirely in Virginia, in Richmond, Powhatan, Cumberland, Petersburg, Mathews, and several other localities.[citation needed]
Release
Harriet had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10.[14] It was theatrically released in the United States on November 1, 2019.[3]
Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, Harriet was released alongside Terminator: Dark Fate, Arctic Dogs and Motherless Brooklyn, and was projected to gross $7–9 million from 2,059 theaters in its opening weekend.[15][16] The film grossed $3.9 million on its first day, including $600,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to slightly over-perform, debuting to $11.7 million and finishing fourth.[17][2] The film made $7.4 million in its second weekend, finishing sixth, and $4.6 million on its third, finishing tenth.[18][19] As of December 15, 2019[update], the film has grossed $41.7 million at the domestic box office.[3]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 74% based on 184 reviews, with an average rating of 6.51/10. The website's critics' consensus reads, "Harriet serves as a sincere tribute to a pivotal figure in American history — albeit one undermined by its frustratingly formulaic approach."[20] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[21] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare grade of "A+", while those at PostTrak gave it an average 4.5 out of 5 stars and a 69% "definite recommend."[17]
Reviewing for The New York Observer in November 2019, Rex Reed wrote, "With enough terror to satisfy modern audiences and enough underplayed plot movement to save it from conventional biopic trajectory, Harriet holds interest and invites respect. It is still not the great Civil War epic it could have been, but it’s solid enough to work, and Cynthia Erivo's valiant and committed performance is a wonderful achievement."[22] Richard Roeper gave the film three out of four stars in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, applauding Erivo's "convincing" and "powerful" acting as well as Lemmons' approach to the story. He wrote, "The crackling historical fiction frames [Tubman's] harrowing rescue missions in fast-paced, quick-cut style."[23]
Some reviewers were less positive. Eric Kohn of IndieWire gave the film a "B–," writing that "Harriet doesn’t attempt to reinvent the biopic, relying instead on a poignant turn by rising screen talent Cynthia Erivo as its soulful centerpiece, against the gorgeous backdrop of John Toll's cinematography and Terence Blanchard's euphoric score. As a sentimental tribute, it hardly transcends expectations — but Erivo's performance injects a palpable urgency to the material that makes up for missed time."[24] In Variety, Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Cynthia Erivo plays the escaped slave Harriet Tubman with a mournful fury, but the rest of Kasi Lemmons' biopic is more dutiful than inspired."[25]
Accolades
List of Accolades | ||||
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Award / Film Festival | Year | Recipient | Nomination | Result |
Black Reel Awards | 2020[26] | Cynthia Erivo | Outstanding Actress | Pending |
Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Supporting Actress | Pending | ||
Kasi Lemmons | Outstanding Director | Pending | ||
John Toll | Outstanding Cinematography | Pending | ||
Paul Tazewell | Outstanding Costums Design | Pending | ||
Warren Alan Young | Outstanding Production Design | Pending | ||
Golden Globe Awards | 2020 | Cynthia Erivo | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Pending |
"Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Best Original Song | Pending | ||
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2020 | Kasi Lemmons | Best Screenwriter | Pending |
"Harriet" | Best Time Capsule | Pending | ||
African-American Film Critics Association | 2019 | Top 10 Films | Won | |
Critics' Choice Awards | 2020 | Cynthia Erivo | Best Actress | Pending |
"Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Best Song | Pending | ||
Hollywood Film Awards | 2019 | Cynthia Erivo | Breakout Actress | Won |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2019 | Terence Blanchard | Best Original Score – Feature Film | Nominated |
"Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Best Original Song – Feature Film | Won | ||
Mill Valley Film Festival | 2019 | Kasi Lemmons | Mind the Gap Award | Won |
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards | 2019 | "Harriet" | Elaine May Award | Won |
Satellite Awards | 2020 | Cynthia Erivo | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Nominated |
Terence Blanchard | Best Original Score | Nominated | ||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2020 | Cynthia Erivo | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Pending |
Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards | 2019 | "Stand Up" (by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo) | Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media | Pending |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards | 2019[27] | Cynthia Erivo | Best Actress | Pending |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards | 2019 | Cynthia Erivo | Best Actress | Won |
Best Female Action Hero | Won | |||
Janelle Monáe | Invisible Woman Award | Won | ||
Kasi Lemmons | Best Movie by a Woman | Won | ||
"Harriet" | Josephine Baker Award | Won | ||
Karen Morley Award | Won |
See also
References
- ^ "Harriet". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ a b Rubin, Rebecca (November 3, 2019). "Box Office: 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Fizzles With $29 Million Debut". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Harriet (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ "Harriet (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ "Harriet". Focus Features. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ Erbland, Kate (September 18, 2018). "Cynthia Erivo Responds to Harriet Tubman Casting Backlash: 'I Cannot Tell How Protective I Am of This Woman'". IndieWire. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ Busch, Anita (May 2, 2016). "Harriet Tubman Feature Film In Works From Macro And New Balloon". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (February 8, 2017). "Cynthia Erivo To Star As Harriet Tubman In Upcoming 'Harriet' Biopic". Deadline.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 13, 2018). "Focus Features Moving Forward With Harriet Tubman Pic Starring Cynthia Erivo". Deadline. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda; Wiseman, Andreas (September 21, 2018). "Focus Features' 'Harriet' Biopic Adds Vanessa Bell Calloway, 'Seven Seconds' Actor Zackary Momoh & More". Deadline. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Galuppo, Mia (October 2, 2018). "Janelle Monae Joins Cynthia Erivo in Harriet Tubman Biopic". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Curran, Colleen (October 3, 2018). "'Harriet' feature film biopic to start filming in Petersburg, Virginia next week". The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 4, 2018). "'Harriet' Adds 'Queen Sugar's Omar J. Dorsey, 'Colony's Tory Kittles & More". Deadline.
- ^ Lang, Brent (July 23, 2019). "Toronto Film Festival: 'Joker,' 'Ford v Ferrari,' 'Hustlers' Among Big Premieres". Variety. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
- ^ Rubin, Rebecca (October 29, 2019). "Box Office: 'Terminator: Dark Fate' to Take Down 'Harriet,' 'Motherless Brooklyn'". Variety. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Tartaglione, Nancy (October 30, 2019). "'Terminator: Dark Fate' Eyes $125M Global Weekend, But Will Franchise "Be Back" Stateside?". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 3, 2019). "How 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Conked Out With $27M+ & Why 'The Irishman' Is Not A Missed Strategic Opportunity – Box Office". Deadline. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 10, 2019). "How 'Doctor Sleep' Went Into A Coma At The B.O. With Dreary $14M+ Opening, Following Surprise $17M+ Attack By 'Midway' – Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 16, 2019). "'Ford v Ferrari' Cruising To $28M+, 'Charlie's Angels' Kicked Out Of Heaven With $10M+ Start". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ "Harriet (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ "Harriet (2019)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ Reed, Rex (November 1, 2019). "With 'Harriet,' Cynthia Erivo Takes a Giant Leap Towards Stardom". Observer. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ Roeper, Richard (October 30, 2019). "'Harriet': Cynthia Erivo convincingly plays the freedom fighter as both rebellious slave and action hero". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ Eric Kohn (September 11, 2019). "'Ford v Ferrari' Review: Matt Damon and Christian Bale Power Old-School Race Car Drama". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (September 11, 2019). "Toronto Film Review: 'Harriet'". Variety. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Black Reel Awards 2020". Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ "Annual StLFCA Awards: 2020 nominations". Retrieved December 14, 2019.
External links
- 2019 films
- 2010s biographical drama films
- African-American films
- American biographical drama films
- American historical films
- Cultural depictions of Harriet Tubman
- Films about slavery
- Films directed by Kasi Lemmons
- Films scored by Terence Blanchard
- Films set in the 19th century
- Underground Railroad
- Focus Features films
- Perfect World Pictures films