Emancipation

7.8

2022

2h 12m

DramaWarHistory

Overview

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer 2 Official

Cast

Peter

Will Smith

Peter

Jim Fassel

Ben Foster

Jim Fassel

Dodienne

Charmaine Bingwa

Dodienne

Gordon

Gilbert Owuor

Gordon

Harrington

Ronnie Gene Blevins

Harrington

Knowls

Aaron Moten

Knowls

Tomas

Jabbar Lewis

Tomas

John

Michael Luwoye

John

Howard

Steven Ogg

Howard

Leeds

Grant Harvey

Leeds

Lt. Andrew Cailloux

Mustafa Shakir

Lt. Andrew Cailloux

Major G. Halstead

Paul Ben-Victor

Major G. Halstead

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2022-edition "Emancipation struggles tremendously to justify its existence. The overly performative, superficial screenplay fails to elevate and distinguish the unique, true story of "Whipped Peter" from all the other generic movies that treat slavery as a mere plot point to "yet another" action/survival flick - surely there's a better way to adapt these stories?! Cinematography (Robert Richardson), cast - mainly Will Smith - and some of Antoine Fuqua's direction do a lot of the heavy lifting, but it starts to get tiring and painful to continue to watch shameful, traumatic events of our history being used repeatedly for pure Hollywood entertainment." Rating: C-

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