Harriet Tubman Facts and Myths: How the Movie Tried to Get It Right. The filmmakers pored over books, documents and other research to remind viewers of the woman behind the often distorted legend.

“While Harriet Tubman is a household name, most people don’t know the breadth of her story—not only was she a conductor on the Underground Railroad but she was a spy for the Union army and ...

Retropolis A new Harriet Tubman movie also stars the places where the Underground Railroad leader made history. Tubman was born in Maryland, where she escaped slavery, then risked her life to ...

(RNS) — A new movie on the life of Harriet Tubman makes plain how the young Maryland slave put her faith before fear to rescue herself and dozens of other enslaved people.

At the Smithsonian | October 30, 2019. The True Story Behind the Harriet Tubman Movie “Harriet,” a new film starring Cynthia Erivo, is the first feature film dedicated solely to the American icon ...

You haven't seen Harriet Tubman like this. In the new film “Harriet,” in theaters Friday, expect a young, fiery depiction of the American icon, who escaped slavery only to return to the South ...

Harriet Tubman is famous for her brave rescues of dozens of slaves, but she may have had wider impact in her later years. ... The movie’s lessons are particularly pertinent today, ...

Harriet is a 2019 biographical film about the life of former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who personally helped more than 70 slaves escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

And now that Tubman’s going to be on the $20 bill, it would seem even more like this is the right time for a movie about her. Devin Faraci, editor in chief of the movie site Birth. Movies.

Yvonne and Robert Davis, of Elizabeth, helped organize the screening of "Harriet," the movie about Harriet Tubman's life and work as an abolitionist.

In the trailer for the upcoming Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet,” the abolitionist, played by actress Cynthia Erivo, is seen carrying and firing a firearm in multiple scenes. Here, she&#… ...