My wife and I are planning on seeing Harriet tomorrow night. I will be put out if Ozzie is not in it.

Seriously, though, I hope there’s at least a little about John Brown (not the Scottish doctor) in it.

If “they” ever do a Frederick Douglass flick, I would hope the Langdon family would appear in it.

-- B. Clay Shannon
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> On Nov 9, 2019, at 4:31 PM, Martha Sherwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I cannot comment on this film, which I have not seen, but Amazing Grace is
> a good example of a Hollywood movie which has the trappings of historical
> accuracy but portrays events in a thoroughly fictitious manner.
> 
> Martha Sherwood
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>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 7:15 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> folks, I believe some of you will be interested:
>> 
>> Perhaps this is predictable (it's really, really hard to depict these
>> histories to everyone's satisfaction at the current moment): but the
>> controversy over the new film Harriet is for real (even though it has a
>> full 99% audience-like rating on rotten tomatoes).
>> & ps: I have encouraged my own students to see it (they all read Uncle
>> Tom's Cabin & Douglass' Narrative this semester):  I'd love hearing
>> anyone's thoughts about the film, as either a teaching device or just an
>> aesthetic/historical account.
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.theroot.com/despite-controversies-cynthia-erivo-as-harriet-tubman-1839590139
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dr. Hal Bush
>> 
>> Professor of English &
>> 
>> Director of the Undergraduate Program
>> 
>> Saint Louis University
>> 
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>> http://halbush.com
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>> author website:  halbush.com
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