(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.

Viola Davis is attached to star in an HBO telepic about the life of Harriet Tubman, the activist who helped devise a system that allowed hundreds of slaves to escape to freedom via the Underground ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I understand why the film is so hyper-focused on Minty, aka Harriet Tubman, because Harriet Tubman has become one of the greatest historical American figures to rise to the level of the Founding ...

Discover the real Harriet Tubman in this compelling documentary narrated by Alfrelynn Roberts and featuring expert interviews with leading scholars, Dr. Eric Lewis Williams of the Smithsonian ...

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 ...