Harriet

Nov 1, 2019

2h 5m

★ 7.3

Be free or die

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Stay Gold Features

Martin Chase Productions

Perfect World Pictures

Focus Features

MACRO

Harriet Trailers

Cast

Harriet Tubman

Cynthia Erivo

William Still

Leslie Odom Jr.

Gideon Brodess

Joe Alwyn

Ben Ross

Clarke Peters

Rit Ross

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Bigger Long

Omar J. Dorsey

Walter

Henry Hunter Hall

Thomas Garrett

Tim Guinee

Foxx

Nick Basta

Robert Ross

Joseph Lee Anderson

Henry Ross

Antonio J Bell

Junyah Ross

CJ McBath

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