Synopsis
Be free or die
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.
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Harriet
Cast
Cynthia Erivo Leslie Odom Jr. Joe Alwyn Clarke Peters Vanessa Bell Calloway Omar J. Dorsey Henry Hunter Hall Tim Guinee Nick Basta Joseph Lee Anderson Antonio J Bell CJ McBath Alexis Louder Aria Brooks Janelle Monáe Zackary Momoh Frank Riley III Daphne Maxwell Reid Jenna Marie Hess Kathryn Tkel Vondie Curtis-Hall Jennifer Nettles Deborah Ayorinde Mike Marunde Kamillah Matthews Rakeem Laws Tory Kittles Tia L. Davis Mitchell Hoog Show All…
Director
Producers
Jeffrey Lampert Rebecca Cammarata Michele Panelli-Venetis Debra Martin Chase Gregory Allen Howard Charles D. King Daniela Taplin Lundberg Kim Roth
Writers
Story
Casting
Editor
Cinematography
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Executive Producers
Josh McLaughlin Shea Kammer John Watson Pen Densham Charles D. King Elizabeth Koch Kristina Kendall Nnamdi Asomugha Bill Benenson Poppy Hanks
Lighting
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Production Design
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Special Effects
Stunts
Daniel W. Barringer Craig Branham Tony Brubaker Jay Caputo Luke Conner Simeon Freeman Jhanii Renea Hardin Dwayne Hargo Jr. Chad Hessler Bret McKee Dean Neistat
Composer
Sound
Skip Lievsay William Britt Blake Leyh Lidia Tamplenizza Heather Gross Lawrence Zipf Jay Peck Micah Blaichman
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Alternative Titles
海芮, Харриет, Harriet - Der Weg in die Freiheit, Хариет, 해리엇, Гарриет, 哈丽特, Harriet, en busca de la libertad, ハリエット, Χάριετ, הארייט: הדרך לחופש, Harriet - Özgürlük Ateşi, 哈莉特：廢奴之戰, Харијет, هاريت, Harieta, Herieta, แฮร์เรียต, Гаррієт, हैरिएट
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Releases by Date
Premiere
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Canada
Toronto International Film Festival
05 Oct 2019
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Canada
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USA
11 Oct 2019
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UK
BFI London Film Festival
25 Oct 2019
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USA
Austin Film Festival
26 Oct 2019
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USA
Chicago International Film Festival
11 Nov 2019
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UK
FilmBath Festival
02 Jan 2020
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USA
Palm Springs International Film Festival
25 Jan 2020
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Sweden
Göteborg Film Festival
Theatrical
01 Nov 2019
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USAPG-13
22 Nov 2019
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Ireland12A
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UK12A
13 Feb 2020
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Netherlands12
27 Feb 2020
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Australia
06 Mar 2020
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Spain12
23 Apr 2020
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Germany12
Digital
14 Jan 2020
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USAPG-13
05 Jun 2020
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JapanG
01 Jul 2020
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France10
01 Jul 2022
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Brazil14
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France12
Physical
30 Jan 2020
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UK
01 Jul 2020
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France10
Releases by Country
Australia
27 Feb 2020
- Theatrical
Brazil
01 Jul 2022
- Digital14 Netflix
Canada
10 Sep 2019
- Premiere Toronto International Film Festival
05 Oct 2019
- Premiere Vancouver International Film Festival
France
01 Jul 2020
- Digital10 VOD
01 Jul 2020
- Physical10 DVD
01 Jul 2022
- Digital12 Netflix
Germany
23 Apr 2020
- Theatrical12
Ireland
22 Nov 2019
- Theatrical12A
Japan
05 Jun 2020
- DigitalG
Netherlands
13 Feb 2020
- Theatrical12
Spain
06 Mar 2020
- Theatrical12
Sweden
25 Jan 2020
- Premiere Göteborg Film Festival
UK
11 Oct 2019
- Premiere BFI London Film Festival
11 Nov 2019
- Premiere FilmBath Festival
22 Nov 2019
- Theatrical12A
30 Jan 2020
- Physical
USA
05 Oct 2019
- Premiere Mill Valley Film Festival
25 Oct 2019
- Premiere Austin Film Festival
26 Oct 2019
- Premiere Chicago International Film Festival
01 Nov 2019
- TheatricalPG-13
02 Jan 2020
- Premiere Palm Springs International Film Festival
14 Jan 2020
- DigitalPG-13 iTunes
Popular reviews
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This kind of annoyed me because Harriet Tubman has SUCH an amazing and interesting story and it’s crazy that there hasn’t already been a movie about her. But she deserved a better movie than this one honestly.
Cynthia Erivo did a really great job and Janelle Monae stood out too (as she always does). And the cinematography was absolutely gorgeous. But it just wasn’t enough to make this work for me.
The script was just really lacking power. It was too generic and she does not deserve a generic story. I think if they had focused on a more specific moment in her life instead of trying to cover everything it would have worked better. I feel like they skimmed over a lot of the interesting moments to try to get her whole life into 2 hours and that took a lot of the excitement away.
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Some interesting threads get tugged a little here, about stark differences of class and gender and education among slaves and black abolitionists alike, but not hard enough to overcome what's mostly some very generic biopic stuff. And personally I would have loved a lot more of Tubman's Union Army career.
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Incredibly disappointing given how great the real life story is. Erivo and an underused Monae are both wonderful, and their dynamic is the best part of the film - however, everything around them is aggressively pedestrian and poorly thought out. From a story standpoint, this falls into a typical biopic trap of trying to cover too much in too little time, such that moments are rarely allowed to breathe and develop. The pacing just never pulls you in because it's too distracted with figuring itself out, seesawing between plot points and characters with little purpose. Because of that, the heart of Harriet's story gets lost in all the shuffle, and you can't really make out a clear vision or focus…
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WARNING FOR MORONS: Criticizing a movie about a historical figure is not the same thing as criticizing that historical figure.
Thank God someone owed Ned Utley a whiskey.
This does NOT make up for getting screwed out of the $20 bill. So... this movie kind of sucks and it sucks that the film sucks because Harriet Tubman is a badass. The movie, tonally, feels like a light-hearted action romp when like I don't know if you've heard about slavery, but it was pretty serious. The musical cues, lighting, costumes, etc, all feel like a Disney film like Pirates of Caribbean. Harriet doesn't feel like it took place a long time ago, it feels like it took place on a studio…
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Gratefully, this doesn’t shy away from Harriet Tubman’s singular religious faith (even the wilder stuff, like her prophetic visions) and Cynthia Erivo is an absolutely inspired choice, capturing her strength with such grace and vulnerability. Still, it’s unfortunate that little elements like a misplaced musical score and misguided editing can totally cripple an otherwise solid movie. It’s perfectly competent, and even inspiring at times, but it could have be so much better with a cleaner job in post-production.
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in case you didn't think it was possible turn the life of one of the most extraordinary people in american history into a mediocre movie, 'harriet' is here to set you straight
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Harriet is a pedestrian biopic, with no really awful elements but similarly nothing exceptional. It is little more than its story, and doesn't contain the formal rigour and deep themes of slavery films like 12 Years a Slave. Instead there's pop music montages and many time jumps. Harriet is more like a bland, clichéd, gun-toting, melodramatic TV movie than a serious, hard-hitting work of cinema. There's so many tropes and so little realism. Yet at its most powerful Harriet provides a righteous argument that those with the least privilege should have the most say in how to help those in need. Therefore it's a little disheartening to see the awards season reduce this film down to a token to be…
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HARRIET respectfully pays tribute to an iconic hero whose bravery deserved a biopic much sooner. I wish it was better. Cynthia Erivo delivers strong work but she barely holds everything together, as the film is plagued by a generic script, odd editing & an overly dramatic score.
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