(AllHipHop Features) The UrbanWorld Film Festival kicked off with a bang, a bang of freedom. The highly touted film “Harriet” was the centerpiece of the launch, which tells the tale of Harriet Tubman.

Harriet is an American biographical drama film. The plot focuses on a black female's inspiring journey from being a slave to becoming a gutsy and brave hero who changed American history forever.

A new movie about Harriet Tubman could bring more attention to her work in Beaufort County as local officials work to raise support for a monument to Tubman here. “Harriet” won’t hit theaters until ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When director Kasi Lemmons started work on the first major movie about Harriet Tubman, the 19th century slave turned hero of the Underground Railway, she decided to focus less on ...

TORONTO — Hard as it may be to believe, "Harriet" is the first feature film about Harriet Tubman. Kasi Lemmons' movie about the Underground Railroad leader premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto ...

Cynthia Erivo has said it “took too long” to finally make a film about American abolitionist Harriet Tubman but she hopes the new movie in which she stars encourages more projects about black female ...

MOVIE REVIEW: See a visual review of the film "Harriet" in a gallery at the end of this story, including photos from the movie The sun feels like a visual effect, designed to imbue the moment with the ...

Raymond Strickland brings Emmy Award-winning reporting skills to Philadelphia. He is a natural storyteller who is happiest with a camera in his hands and a story about people to tell. Dozens of ...

For centuries slavery reigned in parts of America, forcing an entire people into a lifetime of suffering and servitude. Living under the thumb of this oppressive system, young Harriet Tubman prayed ...