Kasi Lemmons’s 2019 Harriet Tubman biopic, Harriet, took 25 years to get made. During that time, a number of actresses were suggested for the lead role. Viola Davis, for example, was attached at one ...

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 ...

It’s easy to look back on American history and cast aspersions. But it’s harder to recognize the complexity and uneven nature of history. There are American heroes who dedicated — and risked — their ...