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 [log in to unmask] > On Nov 9, 2019, at 4:31 PM, Martha Sherwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > >> On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 7:15 AM Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> 314-977-3616 >> >> http://halbush.com >> >> author website: halbush.com >>